Fire Retardants and Anti-Corrosions Effects of Surface Coating

Material Utilizing Nanocomposites

Rationale
According to some people related to construction, Metals are commonly used as a building materials
for commercial construction and even for building houses, etc. The building owners, designers, architects
and general contractors have opted for metals in commercial constructions over other materials for its
energy efficiency, low maintenance and durability. However, metals contain iron, when its exposed to
oxygen and moisture for a long period of time. Over time, the oxygen combines with the metal at an
atomic level, forming a new compound called an oxide (turning into iron oxide which is other name for
rust) and weakening the bonds of the metal itself. On the other hand, rust is another term of corrosion of
iron and corrosion is a natural process, which converts a refined metal to a more chemically-stable form,
such as its oxide, hydroxide, or sulfide. It is the gradual destruction of materials (usually metals) by
chemical and/or electrochemical reaction with their environment.
Nanocomposite is a multiphase solid material where one of the phases has one, two or three
dimensions of less than 100 nanometers (nm), or structures having nano-scale repeat distances between
the different phases that make up the material. Nanocomposites are found in nature, for example in the
structure of the abalone shell and bone. The physical, chemical and biological properties of nano
materials differ from the properties of individual atoms and molecules or bulk matter. By creating nano
particles, it is possible to control the fundamental properties of materials, such as their melting
temperature, magnetic properties, charge capacity and even their color without changing the materials
chemical compositions. Utilization of nanocomposite in anti corrosion through surface coating may give a
big help in constructions. Surface coating, a substance applied to other materials to change the surface
properties
such as color,gloss,resistance to wear orchemical attack,or permeability, without changing thebulk proper
ties.Aside from being anti corrosion, there are also potentials that nanocomposite can be fire retardant
because of its capability to control fundamental properties of a certain materials. Fire retardant is a
chemical used as a coating for a component of a combustible material to reduce or eliminate tendency to
burn.

Fire Retardants and Anti-Corrosions Effects of Surface Coating

Material Utilizing Nanocomposites
Nanocomposite is essential coating because of its potential as an anti corrosion and fire retardant.
Anti corrosion is the prevention or countercting of corrosion,which is converting a refined metal to a more
chemically-stable form. The fire retardant is the ability to reduce or resist the tendency of burning of an
object. Nanocomposite has a ability to change some porperties of a material by creating nanoparticles. It
is possible to utilize nanocomposite as anticorrosion by surface coating, which is to apply some
substance to change the surface properties of an object or material. This stufdy will benefit the whole
community because its concern is safety of the community.