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Mode of Action of Soluble Matrix Antifouling Compositions

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IT has been demonstrated by Barnes1 that the copper leaching-rates of antifouling compositions, based on the same soluble matrix, are proportional to the cuprous oxide content if the total matrix content remains constant.

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  1. Barnes, H., J. Iron and Steel Inst., 169, 364 (1951).

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PARTINGTON, A. Mode of Action of Soluble Matrix Antifouling Compositions. Nature 187, 1105–1106 (1960). https://doi.org/10.1038/1871105a0

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