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Fabrication of Superhydrophobic Metal Surfaces for Anti-Icing Applications
Published on: August 15, 2018
Eco-friendly deicer prepared from waste oyster shells and its deicing properties with metal corrosion
Kyong-Hwan Chung1, Sang-Chul Jung1, Byung-Geon Park2
1Department of Environmental Engineering, Sunchon National University, Jeonnam, Republic of Korea.
Abstract:
Calcium acetate eco-friendly deicer was prepared using waste oyster shell as a raw reactant material and its physicochemical properties were investigated. The waste oyster shells were converted to a calcium acetate deicer by reaction with acetic acid at ambient temperature. The physicochemical properties of the prepared calcium acetate deicer were analysed using various analytical method. The ice melting and metal corrosion characteristics of the calcium acetate deicer synthesized from the waste oyster shell were evaluated by comparison with those of the calcium chloride and sodium chloride deicers. The chloride deicers severely corroded the metal, but the calcium acetate deicer prepared from the waste oyster shell did not cause metal corrosion. The ice melting performance of calcium acetate prepared from the waste oyster shell was lower than that of calcium chlorides, however, the addition of sodium hydroxide could significantly improve the ice melting capacity.
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