Zinc rich formulations or chromate containing materials are very well known to support corrosion protection. Heavy metal chromate salts are very effective, but also rather toxic. They have been banned more and more from the coatings industry. But what will be next? We present a few options in our overview that are non-toxic and still perform as high performance anticorrosive pigments. "Inorganic anticorrosive pigments may be classified by the way they work as Active pigments can be cathode or anode active. On ...