A research team at the College of Science - University of Basrah, consisting of Prof. Dr. Salah Shaker Hashem, Prof. Dr. Alaa Sami and researcher Sadiq Hamza Abbas from the Department of Chemistry Sciences, obtained a patent for the production of environmentally friendly materials to improve the corrosion resistance of acrylic paint
The patent was obtained for transforming the waste of drinking water bottles into polymeric resins that act as additives for commercial acrylic dyes to improve their corrosion resistance specifications as well as to reduce the cost of dyes
The laboratory results proved the efficiency of the prepared polymers in increasing the corrosion resistance up to 85%, and its efficiency was evaluated based on the American Standard Specifications approved by ASTM
