Marine antifouling materials and markers
US4603653A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Aug 29, 1985 |
| Grant date | Aug 5, 1986 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Aug 29, 2005 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10T428/24736
- WIPO fieldBasic materials chemistry
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
A marine antifouling material providing an antifouling surface for use in sea water comprises a layer of inert, water-insoluble, flexible and extensible elastomeric carrier material having embedded therein a single layer only of a plurality of copper or copper alloy particles of substantially uniform size and shape exposed at the outer surface of the material to provide a multiplicity of generally evenly sized discrete copper areas in the inert material continuum surface thereof. The particles are insulated from each other and from an opposed inner surface of the material.
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