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Safer, Smarter Way of Tackling Corrosion Proves Up To Ten Times More Effective Ella Newington Hexigone Inhibitors Ltd - Port Talbot, UK
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ndependent research shows that a safer, smarter corrosion inhibitor
end-products for up to ten times longer than chrome-free alternatives.
can protect products for up to ten times longer – thanks to innovative
The research was carried out by a global leader in industrial coatings, and
new company, Hexigone - plugging the performance gap for an effective,
following 1,000 hours of aggressive prohesion, salt spray and humidity
chrome-free inhibitor.
(4000 hours) testing, the Intelli-ion® product displayed 1mm of corrosion
Corrosion costs the world economy 2.5 trillion dollars every year, and last
versus 10mm in the control sample (Fig. 1).
month, the EU banned its most effective inhibitor, hexavalent chromate.
CEO and Founder of Hexigone Inhibitors, Patrick Dodds (Fig. 2),
Hexigone Inhibitors’ disruptive technology – Intelli-ion® - swaps chromate
commented: “Following really exciting results in the labs, these were
for ‘chemically intelligent’ pigments, offering a completely unique
the results we were anticipating from our industry partners. We moved
approach to tackling corrosion. The result? Coatings that can protect
our research away from mainstream thinking, and as a result, can use
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