Preparation and evaluation of intelligent corrosion inhibitor based on photo-crosslinked pH-sensitive hydrogels

  • Panpan Ren
  • , Dawei Zhang*
  • , Chaofang Dong
  • , Xiaogang Li
  • *Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

An intelligent corrosion inhibitor for enhanced corrosion protection in acidic environment was developed based on benzotriazole (BTA) and photo-crosslinked poly(2-dimethylaminoethyl methacrylate) [poly(DMAEMA)] hydrogel carrier. By varying the ratio of monomer to crosslinker and overall monomer and crosslinker concentrations, an optimized composition that showed an extremely low swelling ratio of ~3.8 at pH=8 and a high swelling ratio of ~32 at pH=2 was selected as the intelligent carrier to demonstrate the pH-dependent release of BTA. Polarization curves and electrochemical impedance spectroscopy both revealed that the intelligent corrosion inhibitor had the unique advantage of long-term protection over copper corrosion because of the highly sustained BTA supply.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)480-483
Number of pages4
JournalMaterials Letters
Volume160
DOIs
StatePublished - 17 Aug 2015
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Corrosion
  • Inhibitor
  • Polymers

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