Linkage Projects - Grant ID: LP100200624

Funding Activity

Website
http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/Web/Grant/Grant/LP100200624

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

New silane anti-corrosion coatings for steel surfaces. Steel products are a major export for Australia. Orrcon is one of Australia's largest suppliers of steel pipe and tubing. This study of how to stop steel from corroding will produce new breakthroughs in understanding silane chemistry, which is safer, cheaper and more effective in reducing rust, than what is being used today. This new science will benefit Australia's research into corrosion and help us to be more competitive in the export of steel. Our proof of concept studies on the corrosion resistance of new silanes on aerospace aluminium alloys has helped Australian products enter markets where chromium(VI) is now banned. Silicon chemistry is also little researched in Australia and this project will train four new researchers in this field.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 30-11-2011

End Date: 31-12-2013

Funding Scheme: Linkage Projects

Funding Amount: $430,000.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Composite and Hybrid Materials | Physical Chemistry of Materials | Macromolecular and Materials Chemistry | Synthesis of Materials |

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Expanding Knowledge in the Chemical Sciences | Inorganic Industrial Chemicals | Coated Metal and Metal-Coated Products

Other Keywords

Coated Metal and Metal-Coated Products | Composite and Hybrid Materials | Expanding Knowledge in the Chemical Sciences | Inorganic Industrial Chemicals | Macromolecular and Materials Chemistry | Physical Chemistry of Materials | Synthesis of Materials

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