Copper release rate needed to inhibit fouling on the west coast of Sweden and control of copper release using zinc oxide
Journal article, 2018

© 2018 The Author(s). Published by Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group. How zinc oxide influences copper release has been tested and the lowest release rate of copper from various combinations of copper and zinc in a paint matrix evaluated, whilst still deterring macrofouling, including barnacles and bryozoans. Copper (I) oxide was added to a generic AF paint in 0, 8.5, 11.7 or 16.3 wt% copper oxide in combination with 0, 10 or 20 wt% zinc oxide and applied on PMMA panels. The results show that zinc influences the release rate of copper. When 10 and 20 wt% zinc was added, the total amount of copper released significantly increased by on average 32 and 47% respectively. All treatments that included copper were successful in deterring macrofouling, including the treatment with the lowest average Cu release rate, ie 4.68 μg cm −2  day −1 .

Author

Fredrik Lindgren

RISE Research Institutes of Sweden

Erik Ytreberg

Chalmers, Mechanics and Maritime Sciences (M2), Maritime Studies

Albin Holmqvist

RISE Research Institutes of Sweden

MAGNUS DAHLSTRÖM

Chalmers, Mechanics and Maritime Sciences (M2), Maritime Studies

Peter Dahl

University of Gothenburg

M. Berglin

RISE Research Institutes of Sweden

Anna-Lisa Wrange

RISE Research Institutes of Sweden

Mia Dahlström

RISE Research Institutes of Sweden

Biofouling

0892-7014 (ISSN) 1029-2454 (eISSN)

Vol. 34 4 453-463

Subject Categories

Other Chemistry Topics

Other Materials Engineering

Corrosion Engineering

DOI

10.1080/08927014.2018.1463523

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6/18/2018