Global Technology – May 2016
Over the past sixty plus years, applying deicing agents to prevent ice build-up on aircraft wings has consumed millions of man-hours and billions of dollars. Fortunately, it’s likely that this expense will soon become a thing of the past. All too often it has resulted in delays, far more expensive than the labor and materials involved.
New research presented recently at the 251st National Meeting and Exposition of the American Chemical Society, revealed a new liquid-secreting materials technology called self-lubricating organo.....