Impact of porosity and thickness of nano‐TiO2 films on the corrosion protection performance of C‐steel in H2SO4 |
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| Authors: | Mai Khalaf Hany Abd El‐Lateef |
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| Affiliation: | Faculty of Science, Chemistry Department, Sohag University, Sohag, Egypt |
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| Abstract: | The current study investigates the improvement in the corrosion protection performance of C‐steel after being dip‐coated with nano films from both pure TiO2 and poly ethylene glycol (PEG) modified TiO2. Characterization of the deposited TiO2 films was performed by different techniques. Effect of morphology, porosity, and thickness of the deposited TiO2 layers were also studied. Results revealed an increased corrosion protection of both coated TiO2 films as compared to uncoated samples, with pure TiO2 (without PEG) samples showing higher protection. Moreover, increasing the layer thickness of both types of TiO2 coated films improved the protective properties. |
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| Keywords: | corrosion resistance dip‐coatings polyethylene glycol sol‐gel TiO2 films X‐ray diffraction |
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