An Investigation of Possible Ways to Enhance the Deposition of Calcite-Type Coatings

Abstract

The shipbuilding industry has directed much effort toward ways of limiting escalating coating costs. Of special concern with respect to increasing coating costs are segregated seawater ballast tanks. The use of a calcite-type coating instead of a traditional organic-type maintenance coating represents a possible alternative approach for controlling corrosion in the segregated tanks with a substantial savings in cost. As a result, Avondale Shipyards acting on behalf of the Maritime Administration under the National Shipbuilding Kesearch Program authorized the Ocean City Kesearch Corporation to undertake a follow-up laboratory study which continued investigating the feasibility of applying calcite-type coatings to segregated ballast tanks.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 1984
Accession Number
ADA451914

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Communities of Interest

  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Ballast Tanks
  • Buffers (Chemistry)
  • Calcium Compounds
  • Chemical Synthesis
  • Chemistry
  • Coatings
  • Computer Programs
  • Crystal Growth
  • Current Density
  • Electron Microscopes
  • Gas Evolution
  • Hot Water
  • Hydrogen
  • Iron Oxides
  • Protective Coatings
  • Scanning Electron Microscopes
  • Temperature Gradients

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  • Materials Science and Engineering.
  • Naval Engineering and Maritime Security
  • Systems Analysis and Design