Organotin antifouling performance

Messiha, N.N. and N.E. Ikladious. 1986. Antifouling performance of some new organotin polymers in the Mediterranean and Red Sea. Jour. Controlled Release 3 235-242. 

Antifouling performance of these organotin carboxylate polymers indicates that their mode of action corresponds to the bulk abiotic bond cleavage model proposed by Castelli and Yeager (8). The controlling factors to be considered here are ... 

Antifouling performance of organotin carboxylate polymers show that their mode of action corresponds to the "bulk abiotic bond cleavage" model. All the controlling factors are analyzed. 

Sometimes the need to be environmentally acceptable may lead to new problems. For instance, ozone was suggested to replace biocides with no data available on the performance in the chlorination of water (60). Corrosion control techniques can have both favorable as well as ill effects and hence one has to exert balanced judgment before embarking on a corrosion prevention method. Organotin antifouling coatings on ships were effective, but they polluted the seawater and hence were banned from further use. The use of cadmium as a sacrificial anode is restricted because of its toxicity. Large amounts of zinc are used to protect steel platforms in the sheltered and shallow waters of the sea, and the effects of zinc on the contamination of waters are not known. 

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