Feasibility Study on the Applyication of Environmental-friendly Tourmaline in Antifouling Coating

The component,particle size and the negative-ion of tourmaline powder were analyzed,and the shallow submergence and laboratory antimicrobial tests were conducted to investigate the feasibility of tourmaline applied in ship anti-fouling coating.The results indicated that the tourmaline powder can be added in anti-fouling coating via appropriate means and has some effect on anti-fouling of the coatings.