Results: Anti-Corrosion Additives for Ferrous Metals

Earlier in the year, trials with a $700m T/O industrial coating manufacturer demonstrated our product was up to ten times more effective than the market-leading corrosion inhibitor on non-ferrous metals. We’ve since been testing our product on ferrous metals by adding our anti-corrosion additive (AX1) into a selection of control samples – with fantastic results.

[Above image: A: ‘Off the shelf’ product from an industrial primer manufacturer (control) vs. B: Addition of 5% of Hexigone’s inhibitor (AX1) to control]

Our corrosion inhibitor was added to ‘off the shelf’ organic primers from three leading industrial primer manufacturers, with no reformulation. Following 42 days of accelerated weathering, with constant 100% spray and 5% sodium chloride (ASTM B117 1000 hours) - the results show Intell-ion containing primers protect on shot blasted steel significantly better than the inhibitor which has been used for the last 25 years.

Emily Radley, Head of Manufacturing and Technical Support at Hexigone said: “This is another confirmation that our product is working exceptionally well in a variety of different coatings systems. Seeing these sort of results from a downstream incorporation method is exciting, and we’ll be sharing the news with our global partners in ACE, O&G and the marine industry”

Intell-ion replaces toxic chromate for ‘chemically intelligent’ additives, offering a completely unique approach to tackling corrosion via three modes of electrochemical protection. The technology protects by using ‘smart’ micro reservoirs that make the coatings responsive to the environment, triggering the release of the inhibitor ‘on demand.’

Over 50 coatings companies are already formulating with our technology worldwide – protect end-products for longer and order a sample today.

Below images: results from the addition of Hexigone’s corrosion inhibitor (5% AX1) to three leading primer manufacturers’ ‘off the shelf’ products: