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The Travels of Floyd Part 4: A New Coat and Adventure

Hey Everyone! I know it has been quite some time since my last check-in in March when Sameer tested my white coat’s adhesion with a Pull Test It turns out, the folks at EonCoat decided that since there were a few spots where they...

NC State Professor Hans Conrad’s Research Makes Ceramics More Efficient

Here at EonCoat, we like to think we’re on the cutting edge of ceramics technology After all, EonCoat is a ceramic material that can flex up to 19% prior to failure (other ceramics tend to be brittle and crack when flexed) but we...

EPA Rejects CBI Secrecy Claims

Historically, coating and chemical companies have been able to keep the majority of the chemicals they use in their product confidential This has changed recently with the EPA’s Toxic Controlled Substance Act (TCSA) in which the...

OSHA Rewrites Respiratory Standards, Streamlines Required Paperwork

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has been busy recently, overhauling many of its standards via the Standard Improvement Project (SIP) On June 8, OSHA published Phase III of the SIP, drolly titled “Final...

EonCoat Seawater Corrosion Test Results

After 170 long days, the EonCoat Seawater Corrosion Test has finally come to its conclusion, and EonCoat was the last coating standing! Skeptical since this is the EonCoat blog We don’t blame you! That’s why we made sure to take...

Are We Still Under Attack From Lead Paint?

In 2011 alone, the US Consumer Product Safety Commission’s lead paint recall list of child products and toys extended 60 pages The report included products such as toys, purses with painted zippers, sportswear, painted jewelry,...

More Durable Concrete Could Extend Infrastructure Life By 20 Yrs

As America’s bridges, roads and the rest of our infrastructure is getting older, any news that could extend our infrastructure’s lifespan is welcome A team of Canadian researchers recently announced that they have developed a form...

A (Brief) History of Argonne National Labs

EonCoat was developed in Wilson, NC, on the heels of 20 years of research at Argonne National Laboratories (ANL), one of the Department of Energy’s oldest and largest laboratories Argonne developed the base cementious formulation...

NC Chemical Plant Fire Forces Home Evacuations

At 3pm on Saturday, May 28, Hudson, NC, shook under a series of on-going explosions at the Chemical Coatings, Inc plant in Caldwell County Chemical Coatings makes lacquers, dyes and other coatings for furniture Residents living in 750...

Virginia Class Submarines Losing Their Coatings

The US Navy has had some coating issues recently with their Virginia class submarines – their anechoic (anti-sonar) coatings have been falling off on patrol! This is particular worrisome as the anechoic coating has been proven to...