Abstract:
In order to achieve homo-disperse of nano TiO
2, nano TiO
2 was treated by the silane coupling agent and the Zn-Al/waterborne epoxy composited coatings containing silane modified nano TiO
2 were prepared by incorporating different mass fraction of TiO
2 nanoparticles in the epoxy resin and Zn-Al powders via solution blended process. The combination action of the nano TiO
2 and Zn-Al flake powder in the coating was explored. The XRD and FTIR were used to analyze the phase composition and structure of the coating. The micro morphology and elementary composition of the coating surface were representated by the SEM and EDS. The corrosion resistance of coatings was investigated by polarization curves and electrochemical impedance spectroscopy(EIS) tests. EDS and FTIR results suggest that the modified nano TiO
2 is symmetrical dispersion in the coating, the crosslinking reaction of nano TiO
2 and epoxy resin makes the coating more pyknoticly. The EIS tests show that due to the filling effects of Zn-Al flake powder and nano TiO
2, the corrosion behavior of the silane modified nano TiO
2-Zn-Al/waterborne epoxy coatings is more slower than that of nano TiO
2, when the content of nano TiO
2 increases to 4wt%, the corrosion current density of the silane modified nano TiO
2-Zn-Al/waterborne epoxy coatings is 9.86×10
-6 A/cm
2, the corrosion current density is higher one rank than none nano TiO
2.