resumo
The detection of corrosion at early stages could increase the service life of metal-based infrastructures in a cost-effective manner. Despite the recent progress in "smart" self-reporting corrosion sensing coatings, the development of environmentally friendly systems appropriate for steel substrate used in offshore applications remains a relevant challenge. In this study, a novel smart corrosion sensing coating, based on hexacyanoferrate intercalated Mg-Al LDH nanoadditive, was developed, aiming at the detection of early-stage corrosion of carbon steel. The detection mechanism is based on the ability of hexacyanoferrate ions to react with iron cations generated during the corrosion process, giving rise to a colorimetric signal, while LDH carriers provide a controlled release of active ions under corrosion conditions. The sensing nanoadditive was embedded into a commercial pigment-free water-based acrylic polyurethane coating. The nanomaterial was characterized structurally (XRD) and morphologically (STEM). The compatibility of the additive with the polymer formulation and its influence on the resulting coating performance was investigated in terms of rheological behavior, structure (FTIR), morphology (SEM/EDS), thermal (TGA, DSC) and mechanical (adhesion, hardness) properties. The corrosion protection ability of the coating was evaluated via EIS, while the sensing functionality was analyzed by visual analysis of the surface. The developed coating successfully detects early-stage corrosion of steel substrate at a lab scale, in conditions relevant to the use of metallic structures in offshore applications, demonstrating a correlation between the level of material degradation and the spectroscopic signal associated with the presence of the LDH functional nanoadditive. Furthermore, the observed decrease in coating barrier properties, caused by the presence of LDH, was overcome by the subsequent development of a multilayer coating system. Two different topcoats (epoxy- and polyurethane-based) were surveyed for this purpose, showing an improvement in the coating barrier properties without influencing the corrosion detection functionality of the sensing layer. The results were successfully validated by standard salt spray tests. The multilayer approach opens up the possibility to model coatings with different characteristics for various operating conditions.
palavras-chave
PROTECTION; PH; 8-HYDROXYQUINOLINE; ANTICORROSION; HYDROTALCITE; NANOSENSORS; TOXICITY; POLYMERS; BEHAVIOR; CRACKING
categoria
Biotechnology & Applied Microbiology; Engineering
autores
Sushkova, A; Montes, R; Paulino, T; Sousa, I; Neves, C; Ferreira, MGS; Tedim, J
nossos autores
Alesia Sushkova
Estudante de doutoramento
Cristina Sofia dos Santos Neves
Investigador Júnior
Isabel Cristina de Sá Correia de Sousa
Investigador Júnior
João Tedim
Professor associado
Mário Guerreiro Silva Ferreira
Professor(a) Jubilado(a)
Tiago Miguel Rodrigues Paulino
Estudante de mestradoProjectos
CICECO - Aveiro Institute of Materials (UIDB/50011/2020)
CICECO - Aveiro Institute of Materials (UIDP/50011/2020)
Associated Laboratory CICECO-Aveiro Institute of Materials (LA/P/0006/2020)
Other
Capa
Mediaagradecimentos
The work was developed in the frame of the SMARTAQUA project, funded by the Foundation for Science and Technology in Portugal (FCT), the Research Council of Norway (RCN-284002), Malta Council for Science and Technology (MCST), and co-funded by European Union's Horizon 2020 research and innovation program under the framework of ERA-NET Cofund MarTERA (Maritime and Marine Technologies for a new Era), and in the scope of a COAT4LIFE project under Marie Sklodowska-Curie program (ref: 101007430) in CICECO-Aveiro Institute of Materials (UIDB/50011/2020; UIDP/50011/2020 and LA/P/0006/2020) financed by national funds through the FCT/MEC (PIDDAC). PhD scholarship of AS is funded by the FCT (2021.07744.BD).