What is Copper Umiguard Powder Marine Biocide?
Copper Umiguard Powder is a marine biocide powder with Copper Pyrithione (CPT) as its active ingredient, used as an antifouling agent in marine antifouling coatings. Biofouling on ship hulls causes reduced speed, poor maneuverability, increased fuel consumption and accelerated corrosion of underwater facilities. Since tributyltin (TBT) was banned under the International Convention on the Control of Harmful Anti-fouling Systems on Ships (AFS Convention), Copper Pyrithione (CPT) has been comprehensively evaluated by global marine coating companies and is now widely used worldwide.
Applications
- Marine antifouling coatings
- Antifouling coatings for marine underwater facilities
Advantages
- Broad-spectrum antifouling, effectively inhibiting biofouling on ship hulls
- Extremely low water solubility (0.03 g/L) for sustained, long-lasting release
- An eco-friendly antifouling agent widely used worldwide since the TBT ban
