CORROSION INHIBITION OF Zn-PLATED STEEL BY SODIUM VANADATE

Abstract

The results of investigation of corrosion inhibition of zinc-plated coatings in neutral chloride-containing corrosive medium by aqueous sodium vanadate solution are described. Investigations of corrosion inhibition of zinc-plated coatings on steel were performed by gravimetric and electrochemical method. The corrosive medium was neutral 3% sodium chloride solution, with a sodium vanadate concentration varied from 0.00005 M to 0.0003 M. Mass indices of corrosion, current density and corrosion potential of galvanized steel were determined depending on inhibitor concentration. Electrochemical studies show that the introduction of sodium vanadate in amounts of 0.00005–0.0003 M into the corrosive medium (3% sodium chloride solution) slows down the process of zinc corrosion. The corrosion process slows down by 3.3 times at an inhibitor concentration of 0.00005 M and by 20 times at an inhibitor concentration of 0.0002 M, respectively. An increase in the concentration of sodium vanadate to more than 0.0002 M is inappropriate, since an increase in the corrosion current occurs. The optimal corrosion inhibitor concentration for zinc-plated steel in 3% NaCl solution for Na₃VO₄ lies in the range of 0.0001–0.0002 М. The protection effect of the inhibitor found by gravimetric and electrochemical methods equals to 40–76% and 93–95%, respectively.