Electrochemical Corrosion Behaviors of Silicone-epoxy Hybrid Coatings/LY12 Al-alloy in Seawater

Peng Fei Xie, Xin Yuan, Xian Lian Mu, Shi Feng Wen, Lei Li, Zhu Feng Yue

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Abstract

The corrosion behavior of LY12 aluminum alloy based silicone-epoxy hybrid coating in seawater was investigated by using electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS) and the impedance model which adapted coating/metal systems at different phase of immersion was proposed. The absorption and the diffusion coefficient of moisture in the failure process were studied by the method of capacitance analysis. The results showed that in the sea water environment, silicone epoxy coating surface can be covered with a layer of dense corrosion products, which can prevent the corrosion medium to penetrate into the internal coating effectively. Absorbent coating process can be divided into two phases: the linear increase phase and the increased and stabilized phase. Finally, the diffusion coefficient D of water of the silicon-epoxy hybrid coatings in seawater was calculated, D=0.605 22×10-9 cm2·s-1.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)627-631
Number of pages5
JournalCorrosion and Protection
Volume35
Issue number7
StatePublished - 2014

Keywords

  • EIS
  • equivalent circuit
  • impedance model
  • silicon-epoxy hybrid coating

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