Article: A waterborne and environmentally benign, marine timber coating.

INTRODUCTION

The protection of wooden structures from the ravages of marine organisms is an age old problem. Historically, timbers to be used in a marine environment were treated with chemicals, such as arsenates, to prevent attack from marine borers such as Limnoria, ship worms, and boring clams (Pholads).[1,2] More recently, alternative treatment chemicals such as arsenical salts and organotin compounds have been similarly used, either alone or in combination. All of these techniques are only partially successful and suffer from the twin maladies of being environmentally unsound and hazardous.[3-7] In a recent review, Pendleton and O'Neill point out that the current annual ...

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