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on top of the substrate, the corrosion resistant CBPC Visible in scanning electron microscope photography,
coating bonds through a chemical reaction with the EonCoat does not leave a gap between the steel and
substrate. An alloy layer is formed. This makes it the coating because the bond is chemical rather than
impossible for corrosion promoters like oxygen and mechanical. Since there is no gap, even if moisture
humidity to get behind the coating the way they can was to get through to the steel due to a gouge,
with ordinary paints. there is nowhere for the moisture to travel. This
Although traditional polymer coatings mechanically
bond to substrates that have been extensively prepared,
effectively stops atmospheric corrosion of power and
petrochemical industry pipeline and steel assets.
if gouged, moisture and oxygen will migrate under the The corrosion barrier is covered by a ceramic shell that
coating’s film from all sides of the gouge. further resists corrosion, water, fire, abrasion, impact,
By contrast, the same damage to the ceramic coated
substrate will not spread corrosion on the pipeline
because the carbon steel’s surface is turned into an
alloy of stable oxides. Once the steel’s surface is stable
chemicals, and temperatures up to 450 °C. Beyond
this, the ceramic shell serves a unique role that helps
to end the costly maintenance cycle of replacing typical
barrier type coatings every few years.
(the way noble metals like gold and silver are stable) it “In power and petrochemical assets such as
will no longer react with the environment and cannot compressed gas pipelines, if the ceramic shell and alloy
corrode. layer are ever breached, the ceramic shell acts as a
reservoir of phosphate to continually realloy the steel,”
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