Iran-Made Zirconium Nanocoating Increases Resistance of Equipment, Metal Parts against Corrosion
The knowledge-based ‘Shiler Farayand Pars’ company, supported by the Iranian Vice-Presidency for Science, Technology and Knowledge-Based Economy, produced special zirconium nanocoating for covering metal equipment and parts.
Unlike phosphate and chromate coatings, zinc oxide coatings do not have environmental problems and the process is performed at ambient temperature and in less time. Another important feature of Zirconium conversion coatings is their lower weight compared to cremate or phosphate coatings.
Achieving a coating with a thickness of less than 100 nanometers on the metal surface, the ability to operate at ambient temperature, the absence of substances harmful to human health and the environment, and the low cost of implementation are other advantages of this Iran-made product.
Application of zirconium coating with a very thin thickness (in nanometer dimensions) on steel, aluminum and galvanized surfaces improves parameters like the adhesion of the organic coating and increases the resistance to paint corrosion and cathodic separation of the paint.
Iran has made nanotechnology a priority in recent years, achieving lots of success. In January 2022, the nanotechnology research website StatNano ranked Iran as fourth in the world in nanotechnology publications.
“The number of scientific articles is deemed a significant parameter for measuring and comparing scientific development,” read the StatNao report.
China was atop the rankings, followed by the United States, India and Iran.
Some other entities have also recognized Iranian contributions to the field. In February 2022, the American Institute of Physics published a scholarly article on the use of nanomaterials for cancer treatment by Iranian scientists.
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