Walney Silva Araújo

Corrosion study of electrodeposited Zn and Zn-Co coatings in chloride medium

The corrosion behavior of electrodeposited Zn and Zn-Co coatings in 0.1 mol dm-3 NaCl aqueous solutions was investigated using scanning electron microscopy (SEM), energy dispersive X-ray (EDAX), galvanostatic electrochemical stripping (GES), electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS) techniques and open circuit measurements (Eoc). All coatings were electrodeposited on mild steel. Using GES it was possible to identify Zn-Co intermetallic phases in the coatings with Co content higher than 1 at.%. The GES, SEM and EDX results revealed that the corrosion mechanism of the Zn-Co layers with high Co content is related to the appearance of cracks due to the dissolution of the g Zn-rich phases, while the corrosion of the Zn and Zn-1Co layers was characterized by dissolution of the coatings. The Zn and Zn-Co coatings were found to contain the same insoluble corrosion products, which act as a corrosion barrier that delays but does not prevent corrosion. The better corrosion resistance of the Zn-Co coatings obtained in the bath without additive, in comparison with Zn-1Co obtained in the bath containing additive is due to the high Co content which leads to an ennoblement of the coating. All Zn-Co electrodeposits showed greater corrosion resistance than the Zn electrodeposits. The Zn-18Co layer showed the best corrosion resistance, with a lifetime about three times longer than that of the Zn layer.

Evaluation of the anticorrosive properties of environmental friendly inorganic corrosion inhibitors pigments

Anticorrosive properties of the following environmental friendly inorganic pigments were evaluated: zinc phosphate (ZP), zinc molybdate (ZM), zinc calcium molybdate (ZCM), zinc phosphomolybdate (ZPM) and zinc calcium phosphomolybdate (ZCPM). AISI 1010 steel samples were immersed in 10-2 mol dm-3 NaCl aqueous solution saturated with one of the pigments, followed by mass loss measurements, by monitoring the open circuit potential with immersion time and by potentiodynamic linear polarization at 1 mV s-1. The corrosion products on the steel surface were characterized by Scanning Electron Microscopy, Energy Dispersive X-ray and X-rays Diffraction analyses. All the pigments inhibited the corrosion of steel. The films formed on the steel surface protect the substrate against corrosion. The results suggest a synergic effect of phosphate and molybdate compounds in the phosphomolybdate-based pigments, improving the corrosion resistance of steel. The ZMP and ZCPM decreased the corrosion rate by a factor of 2.15 and 3.50, respectively.

ESTUDO DA RESISTÊNCIA À CORROSÃO ENTRE VERGALHÕES COM DIFERENTES MICROESTRUTURAS FRENTE AOS ÍONS CLORETOS

The rebar are produced by hot rolling process. In the process studied here there are two distinct production routes. Prior to the hot rolling process, one route uses the reheat step through the furnace, and the other uses the semi-finished steel product directly from the solidification process. When establishing a comparison between the routes, the obtained microstructures show some differences. The objective of this work is to evaluate how the differences between the microstructures influence in the resistance to corrosion by chlorides. For this, anodic potentiodynamic polarization and electrochemical impedance spectroscopy tests were performed in NaCl solution, simulating the effects of Cl ion present in the marine atmosphere. From the curves obtained in the electrochemical tests, it was possible to observe that the corrosion properties are similar for both process.