SBIR/STTR Research Award
A NEW APPROACH TO AN EFFECTIVE NON-TOXIC ANTIFOULING PAINT
Award amount
$53,350Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IAward year
1990Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Defense
- Branch
- Navy
- Recipient company
- Cape Cod Research
- Proposal award date
- Not reported
- Contract end date
- Not reported
- UEI
- Not reported
- Solicitation number
- Not reported
- Topic code
- Not reported
Research abstract
A NOVEL ANTIFOULING PAINT IS PROPOSED WHICH PROMISES TO SIGNIFICANTLY ADVANCE THE STATE OF THE ART FOR THE PREVENTION OF MARINE FOULING OF ALL KINDS. THE TENET WHICH UNDERLIES THE NEW APPROACH IS THAT IT IS UNACCEPTABLE FOR ANY COMPONENT OF THE PAINT TO BE RELEASED TO THE ENVIRONMENT. WHAT IS PROPOSED IS AN INNOVATIVE, YET PRACTICAL, PAINT WHOSE SURFACE IS UNATTRACTIVE FOR COLONIZATION TO A WIDE VARIETY OF POTENTIAL FOULING ORGANISMS. IT WILL ALSO BE EFFECTIVE UNDER A WIDE VARIETY OF FOULING CONDITIONS. THE PROPOSED TECHNOLOGY INVOLVES ONLY NON-HAZARDOUS AND ENVIRONMENTALLY COMPATIBLE COMPONENTS, AND WILL BE EASILY ADAPTED TO EXISTING PAINTING APPLICATOR SYSTEMS.
Technology keywords
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