Single Component, Zero Volatile Organic Compound, Chemical Agent Resistant Coating

This Small Business Innovative Research Phase 1 Project provides a novel approach to the development of a single pack and zero-VOC Topcoat for the Marine Corps' land based equipment. The technical approach involves a comparison of two polymer concepts. Oneutilizes a water borne acrylic, the other a Moisture Cured Urethane (MCU). These coatings represent the latest in the state of the art materials to meet the durability, performance and application demands that are envisioned by the military for theforeseeable future. The resin synthesis will show the feasibility of combining cost effective polymer processing concepts with the use of an inorganic pore filing media. These features represent significant advances in the science of high performancechemical agent resistant coatings. The work will show the feasibility of supplementing the barrier properties with a mechanism to detoxify any CWA agent that comes into contact with the coating's filler material. Such a feature compliments the polymer'scross-linking, as a means to mitigate chemical agent transport through the film. These formulations will be tested using a screening protocol that will identify the polymer and processing approach. This innovative approach to the design of highperformance industrial coatings will have a profound impact on a global market that exceeds 5 billion dollars in annual revenues. There is a keen interest in materials that will meet and/or exceed the EPA requirements. This scientific advance will servethe environmental needs of the planet without a compromise in performance properties. Isotron Corporation is in a unique position to advance this science into a viable coating system and is prepared to make these materials available to the world.