Innovative Epoxy Coating for the Protection of Concrete Structures

摘要

Alternative and innovative building materials have contributed significantly in therngrowth of construction industry sector and in this context role of organic coatings for the protectionrnof buildings and other related structures have become an issue of vital importance.rnIn this paper the role and durability studies of newly developed innovative cardanol modified epoxyrncoating system for the protection of concrete structures has been discussed. This coating isrnenvironmentally friendly, safe and economically viable in comparison to the other similarrncommercially available epoxy coatings. The developed coating has already been commercially triedrnon bridges, high rise chimneys etc. and found its performance excellent.