Patent ID: 8580154

Claim:
An anticorrosive paint comprising (a) at least one quaternary ammonium salt containing a non-halogen anion, wherein the quaternary ammonium salt has the formula wherein R 1 is an optionally aryl-substituted C 1-20 alkyl group, and R 2 is an optionally aryl-substituted C 1-20 alkyl group, R 3 and R 4 independently of each other are C 1-4 alkyl groups, X n− is an anion selected from the group consisting of hydroxide, carbonate, bicarbonate, phosphates, phosphites, hypophosphite, nitrate, sulfates, borates, anions of saturated and unsaturated acyclic C 1-20 monocarboxylic acids, anions of saturated and unsaturated acyclic C 2-20 dicarboxylic acids and anions of hydroxy-substituted carboxylic acids, and n denotes the appropriate number of negative charges of said anion; (b) a binder, (c) optionally, a solvent and (d) optionally, a pigment.