Reducing galvanic degradation of hybrid metal/composite structures
US5871839A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Jun 13, 1997 |
| Grant date | Feb 16, 1999 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 13, 2017 |
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- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10T428/31703
- WIPO fieldSurface technology, coating
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
Galvanic degradation under salt spray or salt water conditions in hybrid structures containing a corrosible metal and a conductive fiber reinforced polymer matrix composite is reduced through the addition to the polymer matrix of the composite of an effective amount of an inorganic corrosion/degradation inhibitor.
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