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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 08, 1980
Filed:
Oct. 18, 1978
Sumio Matsuda, Osaka, JP;
Hajime Kudara, Shiga, JP;
Chugoku Marine Paints Ltd., Hiroshima, JP;
Abstract
Disclosed is a method for preventing the adhesion of marine animals and plants to the bottom of ships comprising applying thereto an antifouling coating composition containing vehicle materials and, as an antifouling agent, an organotin compound having the formula [I], ##STR1## (wherein R.sub.1 is an alkyl group having from one to eight carbon atoms and an aryl group having from six to eight carbon atoms, R.sub.2 is an alkylene group having from one to four carbon atoms, and each of X.sub.1, X.sub.2, X.sub.3 and X.sub.4 is a component chosen from the group of hydrogen, bromine, chlorine, iodine and methyl radical, provided that at least one of X.sub.1, X.sub.2, X.sub.3 and X.sub.4 is bromine, chlorine or iodine).