The British Petroleum Company, P.l.c.

Grace Gmbh

Grace Gmbh & Co. Kg

Timothy Edward Fletcher

The present invention relates to dispersion of surface modified inorganic particles including (a) fluid comprising a complexing agent, and (b) the surface modified inorganic particles comprising polyvalent metal ions.

Anti-corrosive particles

The present invention relates to anti-corrosive particles based on inorganic oxide products such as silica or alumina modified with polyvalent metal cations optionally comprising anions of weak acids which may be inorganic or organic in nature and their conjugate species. In particular, the present invention is concerned with anti-corrosive pigment particles comprising inorganic oxides or mixtures of inorganic oxides displaying mesoporosity and/or macroporosity such that the average pore size, averaged over the mixture of inorganic oxides where more than one oxide is involved is greater than 2 nm and the average pore volume is greater than 0.2 ml/g. The present invention is also related to methods of making such particles and to anti-corrosive compositions made with them. The present invention further relates to articles to which the anti-corrosive compositions have been applied.

A corrosion-inhibiting composition comprises a blend of particles of two amorphous silicas; one containing corrosion-inhibiting cations releasable by ion-exchange and the second being substantially free of any corrosion-inhibiting ions. The weight ratio of the cation-containing silica to non ion containing silica is in the range 20:80 to 60:40. The corrosion-inhibiting composition may be incorporated into liquid media and protective coatings, which are based on film-forming polymers e.g. epoxy resins, vinyl resins, epoxy esters. The amorphous silica used is preferably of a microporous type. Calcium cations are the preferred corrosion inhibiting cations. The composition is preferable used to inhibit corrosion of aluminium surfaces.

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