Tips for Making the Most of Eco Works® Certified Compostable Films & Bags February 8, 2023 A strong environmental commitment has led Cortec® Corporation to develop products such as Eco Works® 10 and Eco Works® 45, certified commercially compostable films with 10% and 45% biobased content, respectively. Eco Works® [...]
MCI® Surface Applied Corrosion Inhibitors: A Recognized Industry Standard February 2, 2023 Industry standards are an excellent source of best practices recommended by the experts. Many new construction guidelines exist on the protection of reinforced concrete structures. However, it took almost two decades of preparation before the first standard [...]
General Air and Cortec Harness Patented VpCI® Technology for Fire Sprinkler Corrosion Mitigation January 31, 2023 General Air Products has partnered with Cortec® Corporation to develop a Vapor phase Corrosion Inhibitor delivery system for corrosion mitigation of fire sprinkler systems. General Air Products calls this new Vapor Pipe Shield [...]
How Do Cortec® MCI® Admixtures Fit into Standards for New Construction? January 26, 2023 A good engineer will be careful to consult best practices when designing a new structure. Over the years, many helpful guidelines have been compiled by industry experts to address a range of concerns including rebar [...]
An Anticorrosion Strategy for Cleaning and Blasting Tube Bundles January 24, 2023 Tube bundles and shells are everywhere in the industrial world. A major threat to efficiency is rust, fouling, or other product buildup on the shell or tube side of the bundles. Over time, this makes the heat [...]
How to Compensate for Common Concrete Application Errors with MCI® January 19, 2023 Humans are imperfect, which can be a serious problem when pouring concrete. Concrete contractors have one chance to make the slab or structure turn out right in order to avoid expensive repairs and the possibility of [...]
Preservation of Croatian Historical Structures with MCI® Technology! January 18, 2023 The famous Zagreb Cathedral is the tallest and one of the most beautiful buildings in Croatia that attracts thousands of tourists worldwide. As the most impressive gothic-style sacral building southeast of the Alps, it is characterized by great [...]
How to Reduce Waste by Maximizing Biogas Efficiency January 12, 2023 Reduce, reuse, recycle. That is the increasingly popular motto that reminds humans to be responsible in their use of natural resources—both renewable and nonrenewable. Biogas production for heat and power generation is one way to do so by [...]
Can MCI® Fight Microbial Induced Corrosion in Concrete? January 11, 2023 Three of the main causes of corrosion in reinforced concrete are chlorides, carbonation, and sulfates. While Migrating Corrosion Inhibitors have been known to protect against the first two, more research needs to be done on the power of [...]
