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Excellent corrosion protection performance of epoxy composite coatings filled with silane functionalized silicon nitride

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Silicon nitride was firstly used as anticorrosive pigment in organic coatings. An effective strategy by combining inorganic fillers and organosilanes was used to enhance the dispersibility of silicon nitride in epoxy resin. The formed nanocomposites were applied to protect Q235 carbon steel from corrosion. The anticorrosive performance of modified silicon nitride with silane (KH-570) was investigated by electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS), water absorption and pull-off adhesion methods. With the increase of immersion time, the corrosion resistance as well as adhesion strength of epoxy resin coating and unmodified silicon nitride coating decreased significantly. However, for the modified silicon nitride coating, the corrosion resistance and adhesion strength still maintained 5.7×1010 Ω cm2 and 7.6 MPa after 2400-h and 1200-h immersion, respectively. The excellent corrosion resistance performance could be attributed to the chemical interactions between KH-570 functional groups and silicon nitride powders, which mainly came from the easy formation of Si-O-Si bonds. Furthermore, the modified silicon nitride coating formed a strong barrier to corrosive electrolyte due to the hydrophobic of modified silicon nitride powder and increased bonds.

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This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation (51572249), the Natural Science Foundation for Shandong Province (ZR2014EMM021), the National High Technology Research and Development Programof China (2013A2041106), and the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities (841562011).

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    Yongxing Zhang, Hang Li, Bo Lin, Meiyan Yu & Shougang Chen

  2. Integrated Composites Laboratory (ICL), Department of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN, 37934, USA

    Min Zhao, Jiaoxia Zhang & Zhanhu Guo

  3. College of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, Shandong University of Science and Technology, Qingdao, 266590, People’s Republic of China

    Qian Shao & Jianfeng Li

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Zhang, Y., Zhao, M., Zhang, J. et al. Excellent corrosion protection performance of epoxy composite coatings filled with silane functionalized silicon nitride. J Polym Res 25, 130 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10965-018-1518-2

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