Technology Details

Area of Technology:Engineering Sciences

Title of the Innovation: Indigenous Stabilization & Decontamination Material (PS-I)

Brief About Innovation

Indigenous Stabilization & Decontamination Material (PS-I):

The “Indigenous Stabilization & Decontamination Material” developed by DRDO/ CFEES can be applied on a surface contaminated with radioactive materials. The coating obtained after drying of solution provides a means for stabilization of contaminant to the surface. This coating can be removed subsequently resulting in decontamination of the surface. For stabilization and decontamination of radioactive materials, Strippable Polymeric Coatings have shown enormous advantages over above conventional methods of decontamination due to ease of application, pores/cracks infiltration, rapid cure time, excellent adhesive and mechanical properties, contaminant entrapment and removal, low-waste generation after decontamination, low-costs, wide range of application and compatibility with different types of surfaces (viz. metal, polymer, ceramic, glass, wood etc.). The most important property of such coatings is that these can be easily peeled from a surface after drying and thereby avoid the possibility of damage to structures together with chances of secondary contamination through contact or by becoming airborne.