ANTIFOULING COATING COMPOSITIONS

摘要

An antifouling coating composition contains a biocide for marine organisms and comprises as binder a hydrolysable resin having at least one side chain bearing at least one terminal group of the formula: -X-(-O-M-R)x, wherein X represents (I), M represents a metal having a valency of at least 2, x represents 1 or 2, and R represents a monobasic organic acid residue. The coating composition contains a substantially non-volatile amine which reduces the viscosity of solutions of the hydrolysable resin binder.