Synthesis and Characterization of Water-Based Epoxy-Acrylate/Graphene Oxide Decorated with Fe3O4 Nanoparticles Coatings and Its Enhanced Anticorrosion Properties

ABSTRACT

In this article, water-based epoxy–acrylate (EP/AC) emulsion coatings and its nanocomposites with Fe₃O₄ nanoparticles, graphene oxide nanosheets and graphene oxide which was decorated with Fe₃O₄ nanoparticles were synthesized. This was executed by means of a pre-emulsion seeded semi-batch emulsion polymerization handle with a blend of conventional anionic surfactant (Polyalkylene glycol ether sulfate, ammonium salt-EXOSEL 20 S) and typical nonionic type emulsifier (Octylphenol polyoxyethylene ether OP-10) for emulsion polymerization (schematic 1). Prepared nanoparticles were investigated with different analyzing methods like FT-IR, XRD, SEM-EDAX and TGA. The impact of the distinctive nanostructures in an (EP/AC) resin, on coated steel panels with the features of corrosion conservation, was investigated by the test of electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS) and potentiodynamic polarization. Morphology of surface and thermal behavior of nanocomposite tests were executed using surface filtering electron microscopy (FE-SEM) and thermal gravimetric analysis (TGA). Different analyses resulted from nanostructures and nanocomposites approved very good dispersion of fillers in nanocomposite beads. Besides, they indicate the effective role of nanoparticles especially graphene oxide which was decorated with Fe₃O₄ nanoparticles in corrosion resistance of water-based EP/AC coatings and other properties of coated instances.