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Monday, April 10, 2023 Jameson's Charhouse in Bloomingdale, IL 5pm check in 5:30pm Presentation Dinner To Follow Time: 5:30pm CST Advancing Sustainable Water-Based Coatings with Heavy-Metal Free Corrosion Inhibitors by Yvette Gomez of ICL HALOX® Abstract: Global sustainability has become a focused effort in all areas of our lives. The coatings industry can address sustainability by focusing on environmental preservation, responsible consumption and production of materials, and reduction in the human health impacts of our products. The cost of corrosion accounts for over 3% of the global GDP, making protective coatings an essential need in the global migration to sustainable living. Metal protective coatings vary in performance requirements and regulatory restrictions, but pressure to reduce dependance on solvent-borne systems is growing. Historical use of corrosion inhibitors based on chromates and zinc chemistries has brought great benefit to coating performance, but at a detriment to the environment and human health. Advances in technology have produced alternatives containing no heavy metals that maintain coating performance. Demonstration of successful formulation using these sustainable corrosion inhibitors in water-based systems will lead the industry to regulatory compliance. These green products can match the performance of previous technology, maintaining service life, and cost of replacement expectations. Yvette R. Gomez is the R&D and Technical Services Manager at ICL HALOX®. She earned a degree in chemistry from the University of Illinois in Chicago. She has 25 years of experience in the Paints & Coatings industry as a product developer with Ace Hardware Paint Division, PPG, Valspar and Sherwin-Williams. She is an expert project manager and is a Design for Six Sigma Black Belt. She considers herself “Generalist” that loves learning the chemistry and physics of all things paints and coatings. |
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