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Journal of Chinese Society for Corrosion and protection  2017, Vol. 37 Issue (4): 329-340    DOI: 10.11902/1005.4537.2016.083
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Degradation Behavior of Solvent-free Epoxy Coatings in Simulated Flowing Sea Water with Sand by Different Flow Rates
Hongtao ZHAO, Weizhong LU(), Jing LI, Yugui ZHENG
Institute of Metal Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenyang 110016, China
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Abstract  

The degradation behavior of three solvent-free epoxy coatings on carbon steel Q345E in simulated flowing sea water with 1% (mass fraction) sand by different flow velocities (2, 4 and 6 m/s respectively) was investigated at 60 ℃ by means of open circuit potential (OCP) measurement and electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS) as well as confocal laser scanning microscopy (CLSM) and scanning electron microscopy (SEM) with energy dispersive spectrometer (EDS). Results showed that the failure process of the three coatings was greatly shortened in the flowing slurry, and the reason for the accelerated degradation of the coatings may be ascribed to the facts that: on one hand, the wear effect of sends, which led to the generation and development of pits or holes on/in coatings which shorten the diffusion path of the corrosive medium from the outside environment to the coating/metal interface, on the other hand, the high flow rate of the slurry could accelerate the transmission of Cl- to the coating.

Key words:  solvent-free epoxy coating      sea water erosion      fluid velocity      degradation behaviour     
Received:  23 June 2016     
ZTFLH:  TG174.5  
Fund: Supported by Strategic Priority Research Program of Chinese Academy of Sciences (XDA13040500)
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These authors contributed equally to this work.

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Hongtao ZHAO, Weizhong LU, Jing LI, Yugui ZHENG. Degradation Behavior of Solvent-free Epoxy Coatings in Simulated Flowing Sea Water with Sand by Different Flow Rates. Journal of Chinese Society for Corrosion and protection, 2017, 37(4): 329-340.

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Fig.1  Schematic diagram of erosion test device
Fig.2  DSC spectra of epoxy powder coating A (a), epoxy powder coating B (b) and solvent-free liquid epoxy coating C (c) after cured
Fig.3  OCP vs immersion time curves under erosion condition for epoxy powder coating A (a), epoxy powder coating B (b) and solvent-free liquid epoxy coating C (c) at 60 ℃
Fig.4  Bode plots of epoxy powder coating A after erosion at 60 ℃ for different time under flow velocity of 2 m/s (a), 4 m/s (b) and 6 m/s (c)
Fig.5  Bode plots of epoxy powder coating B after erosion at 60 ℃ for different time in NaCl solution with the flow velocities of 2 m/s (a), 4 m/s (b) and 6 m/s (c)
Fig.6  Bode plots of solvent-free epoxy liquid coating C after erosion at 60 ℃ for different time in NaCl solution with the flow velocities of 2 m/s (a), 4 m/s (b) and 6 m/s (c)
Fig.7  Nyquist plots of solvent-free epoxy powder coating A after erosion at 60 ℃ in 3.5%NaCl solution with flow rate of 2 m/s for different time: (a) 0~12.5 d, (b) 18.5 d, (c) 22~26.5 d
Fig.8  Nyquist plots of solvent-free epoxy powder coating B after erosion at 60 ℃ in 3.5%NaCl solution with flow rate of 2 m/s for different time: (a) 0~6.5 d, (b)9 d, (c) 12.5~26.5 d
Fig.9  Nyquist plots of solvent-free epoxy liquid coating C after erosion at 60 ℃ in 3.5%NaCl solution with flow rate of 2 m/s for different time: (a) 0~9 d, (b)12.5~18.5 d, (c) 22~26.5 d
Fig.10  Equivalent circuits of three solvent-free epoxy coating systems during erosion at the different stages: (a) coating A: 0~12.5 d, coating B: 0~6.5 d, coating C: 0~9 d; (b) coating A:18.5 d, coating B: 12.5~18.5 d; (c) coating A:22~26.5 d, coating B: 9 d; (d) coating B: 12.5~26.5 d, coating C: 22~26.5 d
Fig.11  Variations of Rc of epoxy powder coating A (a), epoxy powder coating B (b) and solvent-free liquid epoxy coating C (c) during immersion at 60 ℃ in NaCl solution with different flow velocities
Fig.12  Variations of Qc of epoxy powder coating A (a), epoxy powder coating B (b) and solvent-free liquid epoxy coating C (c) during immersion at 60 ℃ in NaCl solution with different flow velocities
Fig.13  Surface morphologies of epoxy powder coating A (a), epoxy powder coating B (b) and solvent-free liquid epoxy coating C (c) before test (blue lines denote observation areas)
Fig.14  CLSM surface morphologies of epoxy powder coating A (a), epoxy powder coating B (b) and solvent-free epoxy coating C (c) after 2 m/s erosion test for 26.5 d
Fig.15  Macro mophologies of epoxy powder coating A with the whole surface (a) and partly removed surface (b) after 2 m/s erosion for 26.5 d, SEM image of the metal substrate after removal of the coating (c), EDS analysis results in anodic area (d) and cathodic area (e)
Fig.16  Macro mophologies of epoxy powder coating B with the whole surface (a) and partly removed surface (b) after 2 m/s erosion for 26.5 d, SEM image of the metal substrate after removal of the coating (c), SEM image of corrosion products (d), EDS analysis results in anodic area (e) and cathodic area (f)
Fig.17  Macro mophologies of epoxy powder coating C with the whole surface (a) and partly removed surface (b) after 2 m/s erosion for 26.5 d, SEM images of the anodic area corrosion products (c) and the magrified images of areas I (d) and II (e) in Fig.17c, EDS analysis results in anodic area (f, g) and cathodic area (h)
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