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Abstract

A multilayer coating has a first coating layer deposited on a substrate; a second coating layer deposited on the first coating layer; and a third coating layer deposited on the second coating layer. The first coating layer is substantially a metal, the second coating layer is a mixture of the metal and a polymeric material, and the third coating layer is substantially the polymeric material. The substrate is at least one of iron, iron pipe, steel, copper, nickel, concrete, wood, wood products, fiberglass, ceramic, plastic, and any other metal or non-metal material that can be used as a substrate, and the metal is at least one of zinc, aluminum, magnesium, indium, gallium, tellurium, and alloys thereof, whereby the metal used is anodic to the substrate. The polymeric material is at least one of polyethylene, polypropylene, nylon, polytetrafluorethylene (PTFE), ethylene methacrylate acid copolymer (EMAA), a thermoplastic material and a thermoset material.

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