Anti-icing coatings and methods

Inventors

Russell G. Alger, Michigan Technological UniversityFollow

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Abstract

A method of inhibiting or preventing bonding between snow or ice and a substrate. The method includes applying an adhesive to the substrate, broadcasting an aggregate onto the adhesive, the aggregate having the capacity to receive an anti-icing chemical into the aggregate, and applying the anti-icing chemical onto the aggregate so that at least a portion of the anti-icing chemical is received into at least a portion of the aggregate.

Patent Number

US 7,279,197 B2

Assignee

Board of Control of Michigan Technological University, Houghton, MI (US)

Application Number

11/026,442

Date Filed

12-30-2004

Certificate of Correction

No

Issue Date

10-9-2007

Disciplines

Chemistry

Comments

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Recommended Citation

Alger, Russell G., "Anti-icing coatings and methods" (2007). Michigan Tech Patents. 22.
https://digitalcommons.mtu.edu/patents/22