Protection of type 430 stainless steel against pitting corrosion by ladder conductive polymer |
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Authors: | A.A. Hermas |
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Affiliation: | Chemistry Department, Faculty of Science, Assiut University, Assiut, Egypt |
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Abstract: | Poly(o-phenylenediamine) (PoPD) was electropolymerized by cyclic voltammetry (CV) on 430 stainless steel from sulfuric acid solution containing o-phenylenediamine monomer. The formation of the polymer film is slower than that of polyaniline (PANI) film. Transparent and compact layers (∼1.0 μm) of PoPD deposited after 100 cycles, while thicker (∼3 μm), grainy and porous layers of PANI formed after 50 cycles. The PoPD layers protect the steel substrate from pitting in 3% NaCl but the layers of PANI fail, and pitting and crevice corrosion were observed on the steel surface. Both polymers keep the steel substrate in a passive state in sulfuric acid. After aging in acid solution the underlying oxides were investigated after peeling off the polymer layers; this showed an excellent passive film formed under PoPD. The passive steel was completely free from pitting after immersion in the chloride solution for 1 week. |
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Keywords: | Conducting polymer Passivation Polyaniline Poly(o-phenylenediamine) Stainless steel |
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