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Electrochemical characterisation of protective organic coatings for food packaging

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A very common material for food packaging is steel, in the form of metallic containers (cans), in particular for beverage packaging. The corrosion degradation of the packaging must be carefully controlled, not only because the packaging integrity must be preserved, but also in order to avoid any significant contamination of the food or drink, compromising the flavour. In order to increase the coating performance and the food compatibility, new organic coatings are under development with very high protective properties, with the final aim to increase the shelf life of the product. An electrochemical characterisation is often used to study the protective performance of organic coatings on metal substrate for various applications. Some different coatings for food packaging were considered in the present study, including materials with different chemical composition and different pigments content. The protective properties were quantified using electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS) measurements, comparing the electrochemical substrate activity with electrochemical noise (EN) and scanning Kelvin probe (SKP) measurements. The influence of mechanical deformations on the protective properties was also investigated. The results obtained on the studied coatings confirmed the validity of the electrochemical approach and showed that, in general, the coatings containing pigments (TiO2) have better performance than clearcoats, while comparing the different polymers, epoxy–phenolic coatings have a better corrosion protection than epoxy–melamine coatings.

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Acknowledgements

We would like to thank PPG Allison Park (USA), and in particular Dr. Peter Kamarchik for samples preparation and Prof. Francisco X. Rodriguez from UNAM (Mexico City) for the useful discussions about the electrochemical noise data.

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  1. Department of Materials Engineering and Industrial Technologies, University of Trento, Via Mesiano 77, 38050, Trento, Italy

    F. Deflorian, S. Rossi, M. d. C. Vadillo & M. Fedel

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Deflorian, F., Rossi, S., Vadillo, M.d.C. et al. Electrochemical characterisation of protective organic coatings for food packaging. J Appl Electrochem 39, 2151–2157 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10800-009-9818-1

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