Silicon Carbide/ Paint Additive/ marine Applications/ US Patent Application

French company/ 2014/ US Patent Application

Silicon carbide based industrial paints

Abstract

An apparatus and associated method contemplate an industrial silicon-carbide based paint that comprises paint binder, paint solvent, paint pigment, and silicon-carbide. The silicon-carbide being in powder form having an average grain size that does not exceed 1.0 micrometers, wherein the silicon-carbide powder is essentially completely encapsulated by the paint binder when the paint binder, the paint solvent, the pigment and the silicon-carbide powder are homogeneously mixed together in the silicon-carbide based paint, wherein the paint is durable in a marine environment after the paint is cured.