fouling
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19 sectionsContents
- Components subject to fouling
- Macro fouling
- Micro fouling
- Precipitation fouling
- Particulate fouling
- Corrosion fouling
- Chemical reaction fouling
- Solidification fouling
- Biofouling
- Composite fouling
- Fouling on Mars
- Quantification of fouling
- Progress of fouling with time
- Fouling modelling
- Economic and environmental importance of fouling
- Fouling control
- See also
- References
- External links
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Fouling is the accumulation of unwanted material on solid surfaces. The fouling materials can consist of either living organisms (biofouling, organic) or a non-living substance (inorganic). Fouling is usually distinguished from other surface-growth phenomena in that it occurs on a surface of a component, system, or plant performing a defined and useful function and that the fouling process impedes or interferes with this function.