Corrosion protection of AA 2024-T3 aluminium alloys using 3, 4-diaminobenzoic acid

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CorrosionprotectionofAA2024-T3aluminiumalloysusing3,4-diaminobenzoicacidchelatedzirconium–silanehybridsol–gels

P.C.RajathVarmaa,JohnColreavya,JohnCassidyb,MohamedOubahac,ColetteMcDonaghc,BrendanDuffya,⁎aCentreforResearchonEngineeringSurfaceTechnology(CREST),FOCASInstitute,DublinInstituteofTechnology,13CamdenRow,Dublin8,IrelandbSchoolofChemicalandPharmaceuticalSciences,DublinInstituteofTechnology,KevinSt.,Dublin8,IrelandcNationalCentreforSensorResearch(NCSR),DublinCityUniversity,Dublin9,Ireland

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Articlehistory:Received29May2009Receivedinrevisedform26April2010Accepted20May2010Availableonline26May2010Keywords:OrmosilZirconiumChelateCoatingNanoparticlesOrganic–inorganicpolymersformedbyhydrolysis/condensationreactionsofalkoxideprecursors,suchasorganicallymodifiedsilanes(Ormosils)areusedforseveralindustrialapplicationssuchaselectronic,opticalandprotectiveanticorrosioncoatings.Suchmaterialspossesssuperiorchemicalstability,physicalstrengthandscratchresistancecharacteristicswhencomparedtoorganicpolymers.Furtherperformanceimprovementcanbeachievedthroughtheincorporationofzirconiumandtitaniumbasednanoparticles,alsoformedthroughfromprecursorsviathesol–gelprocess.Howeverduetotheinherentreactivitydifferencesoftheaboveprecursors,theymustbehydrolysedseparatelybeforebeingcombinedforfinalcondensation.Zirconiumprecursorsarecommonlychelatedusingaceticacidoracetylacetonatepriortohydrolysis,tolowerthehydrolysisrate.Inthisbodyofwork,3,4-diaminobenzoicacid(DABA)andacetylacetonate(acac)werecomparedaschelatingligandsforcontrollingthehydrolysisreactionsofzirconiumn-propoxidetoformnanoparticleswithinasilanesolmatrix.ThesolswereappliedascoatingsonaerospacegradealuminiumalloyAA2024-T3andcharacterisedbyphysical,spectroscopical,microscopical,electrochemicalandcalorimetrictechniques.Theelectrochemicalpropertiesofthecoatings,ascharacterisedbyEISandPDS,correlatedwithneutralsaltsprayevaluationsconfirmingthattheuseofDABAasachelatingligandsignificantlyimprovedthecoatingperformancewhencomparedtothetraditionaldiketoneligand.Thedataindicatestheanticorrosionpropertiesofthenitrogenrichchelatehaveakeyroleinprotectingthealloythroughtheformationofsmallerzirconiumnanoparticles,thusimprovingthepolymernetworkstability.©2010ElsevierB.V.Allrightsreserved.

1.Introduction

Asthemostabundantmetalintheearth'scrust(8.1%bymass),aluminiumisusedextensivelyinalloysforproductsrangingfromkitchenutensilsanddrinkcanstoengineering,architecturalandautomotivecomponents.Howeveraluminiumisnotfoundfreeinnature,butchieflyinbauxiteduetoitsreactivityandmustbealloyedforengineeringpurposes,usuallywithcopperandmagnesium.Consequentlyproductsofaluminiumanditsalloysneedtobeprotectedfromatmosphericconditionsinordertomaintaintheirappearanceandperformance.Thisisimportantifthealloycontainshighlevelsofsecondaryphaseparticles,suchascopperintermetallics,whichmaypromotegalvanicactivity.Thecurrentstateoftheartforprotectingaluminiumalloysinvolvestheuseofhexavalentchromiumtechnologyintheformofconversioncoatingsandpigmentedanticorrosionprimers[1].Howeverintheinterestofhumanhealth[2,3]andenvironmentalconcerns,alternativesolutionsarebeingpursued.Forengineeringapplicationsorganicpolymers(polyesters,polyamides,alkyds,andpolyurethane)[4],conductivepolymers(polyanilineandpolypyrrole)[5]andsol–gelderivedorganic–inorganichybridmaterialshaveemergedaspromisingCr6+alter-natives[6].Thesol–gelprocesscanbeusedtoformnanostructuredinorganicfilms(typically200nmto10µminoverallthickness)thataremoreresistantthanmetalstooxidation,corrosion,erosionandwearwhilealsopossessinggoodthermalandelectricalproperties.Thechemistryofthesol–gelprocessiswellknown[7–9]withexcellentreviews[6,10,11]andbooks[12]available.Themostcommonsol–gelmaterialsusedascoatingsarebasedonorganicallymodifiedsilicates(Ormosils),whichareformedbythehydrolysisandcondensationoftrialkoxysilanesprecursors[13,14].AlthoughinitialstudiesofOrmosilsasprotectivecoatingsonaluminiumfoundthattheylackedchromium'sself-healingproperties[15,16],theinclusionofzirconiumchemistrieswasfoundto

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journalhomepage:www.elsevier.com/locate/tsfthecoatings'performanceconsiderably[17],especiallyalkaliresis-tance.SomeUnitedStatesAirForcestudiesinvestigatedvariousroutestowardsimprovingcoatingperformanceincludingtheuseofrare-earthmetalsalts[18],aminecross-linkers[19–21],supramolec-ularinclusionandorganiccorrosioninhibitors[22,23].SimilarapproacheswereinvestigatedbyEuropeanresearchgroupswhichconcentratedonepoxyfunctionalisedsilane–zirconiumsystemsbyaddingcerium[24],azolebasedorganicinhibitorsinhostmolecules[25,26]andbis-silanes[27].Furtherpublisheddatasuggeststhattherouteofzirconiuminclusionisimportant,asthechoiceofchelatingligandmayhaveaneffectofthefinalcoatingperformance[28].Thiswouldbeinagreementwithpreviousstudieswhichfoundthathydrolysisofzirconiumalkoxidescanbecontrolledtodelivernanoparticlesofvaryingsizes[29,30].Inthepresentworkzirconiumn-propoxidewaschelatedseparatelywithtwoligands,3,4-diaminobenzoicacid(DABA)andwithacetylacetonate(acac),hydrolysedandcombinedwithpre-hydrolysed3-(trimethoxysilyl)propylmethacrylate(MAPTMS)toobtaintwohybridsol–gels.ThesolswerethenspincoatedontoaerospaceAA2024-T3aluminiumalloypanelstocomparetheirstructuralpropertiesandanticorrosionperformance.Thestructuralpropertiesofthesolwerecharacterisedby29Sinuclearmagneticresonance(NMR)andFouriertransforminfrared(FTIR)spectrosco-py.Thesol–gelnetworkstabilitywasdeterminedbydifferentialscanningcalorimetry(DSC),whilethesurfacemorphologyofthecoatingswasstudiedbyatomicforcemicroscopy(AFM).Thecorrosionpropertieswerecomparedusingelectrochemicalimped-ancespectroscopy(EIS),potentiodynamicscanning(PDS)andneutralsaltspray(NSS)techniques.TheDABAmodifiedcoatingdisplayssuperiorperformancetotheacacequivalent,whichweproposeisduetobothimprovementsinpolymericnetworkstabilityandthecorrosioninhibitionpropertiesoftheDABAspecies.ThisdualfunctionalityofDABAwithinthehybridcoatingsissignificant,especiallyinharshenvironmentswherealuminiumalloysaredependentonprotectivecoatingsforlongtermusage.