Introduction to Organic Protective Coatlings

Many paints, coatings and high performance organic coatings have been developed as a need to protect equipment from environmental damage. Of prime importance in the development of protective coatings was the petroleum industry that produced most of the basic ingredients from which most synthetic resins were developed.

The cracking of petroleum produced a multitude of unsaturated workable compounds that are important in the building of large resin polymers such as vinyls and acrylics. The solvents necessary for the solution of the resins were also derived from petroleum or natural gas. The building blocks for epoxies and modern polyurethane coatings are other derivatives produced by refining petroleum products. Some important  concepts for designing corrosion resistant coatings are: