Low-Mass Liquid Crystalline Materials Blended in Recycled Thermoplastic Polyester Elastomer for Corrosion Inhibitor Application

Autor: Chun-Jui Chen, Bo-Wei Huang, Po-Jung Tseng, Zhi-Yu Yang, Xiang Huang, Syang-Peng Rwei, Hsiu-Hui Chen
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2021
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Zdroj: Polymers, Vol 13, Iss 18, p 3188 (2021)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2073-4360
DOI: 10.3390/polym13183188
Popis: In this work, the development and application of multicomponents obtained from recycled polyethylene terephthalate (r-PET) waste and monotropic liquid crystals as anticorrosion coatings are reported. The r-PET raw material was alcoholyzed and reproduced as a thermoplastic polyester elastomer (TPEE) with different amounts (n%, n = 0, 1, 3, and 5) of 1,6-hexanediamine (HDA). Then, a fluorine-containing liquid crystal (4-cyano-3-fluorophenyl 4-ethylbenzoate (4CFE)) was incorporated into the TPEE mixture via solvent blending to modify and enhance the water resistance. The adhesion behavior of the coating on glass and iron substrates was evaluated by cross-cut tests and immersion tests in aqueous NaCl. In the corrosion resistance measurements, all of the coating samples fabricated with 10 ± 1 mm thickness were less active toward electrochemical corrosion (PEF% > 99%) than the bare iron plate, indicating that our work provided better protection against corrosion of the iron plate.
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