Electrochemical impedance of nano-TiO2/polyurethane composite coatings

  • Yu Pang*
  • , Lei Xiong
  • , Jianping Liu
  • , Xinyi Li
  • , Xiaogang Li
  • *Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

The effect of nano-TiO2 and silane modified nano-TiO2 on the corrosion resistance of polyurethane coating on 45# carbon steel in 3.5%NaCl solution was studied by means of electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS) and field-emission scanning electron microscopy (FESEM). Results showed that the nano-TiO2 particles aggregated to some extent, while the silane modified ones dispersed well in the polyurethane. The addition of the modified nano-TiO2 could effectively improve the corrosion resistance of the polyurethane coatings. Among others, the polyurethane composite coating containing 3%(mass fraction) silane modified TiO2 possessed the highest corrosion resistance with only one time constant on its impedance spectra. After immersion for 2880 h, the electrochemical impedance of the coating even kept at a level around 2.6×108 Ω·cm2.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)549-554
Number of pages6
JournalCorrosion Science and Protection Technology
Volume28
Issue number6
DOIs
StatePublished - 2016
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • EIS
  • FESEM
  • Nano-TiO
  • Polyurethane
  • Surface modification

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