What is Antifoulant ?
It is a substance which can be used to be designed to prevent reduce and eliminate fouling.
For example-
- DDT
- Mirex
- Aldrin and Dieldrin
- Organophosphate insecticide malathion
It is the process of protecting a ship hull with specifically designed material such as special paints that prevent these organism from pilling up in the hull.
Work:-
To prevent organic and biological material colloids and particulate from attaching themselves to the membrane.
Importance of antifoulant
Antifouling protects the hull with a layer of protective paint which help to detach mariene life as it moves with water.
Foulants:-
- Soft Foulants (Algae and seweed )
- Hard Foulants (Barnacles an diatoms)
