ARTICLES AND METHODS PROVIDING SCALE-PHOBIC SURFACES

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13679729

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This invention relates generally to articles, devices, and methods for inhibiting or preventing the formation of scale during various industrial processes. In certain embodiments, a vessel is provided for use in an industrial process, the vessel including a surface in contact with a mineral solution, wherein the surface is provided or is modified to have γpolartotal no greater than about 0.2 and/or the surface is provided or is modified to have a surface energy γ no greater than about 32 mJ/m2, thereby providing resistance to mineral scale deposits thereupon.

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MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY77 MASSACHUSETTS AVE CAMBRIDGE MA 02142

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Azimi, Gisele Waltham, US 14 149
Cui, Yuehua Lynn, US 4 21
Smith, J David Cambridge, US 36 579
Varanasi, Kripa K Lexington, US 90 1015

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