Anti-corrosion resistance of coatings based on powder epoxy paints containing modifiers

The corrosion resistance of coatings (thickness 70 µm) based on epoxy powder paints modified with aliphatic amine or a mixture of anticorrosive pigments to the action of sodium chloride solution and salt spray has been studied. It is showed that with the increase of molecuar weight of initial epoxy oligomer and also at the incorporation of chemisorbing alifatic amine, containing polar groups, to the decrease in the permeability of the sodium chloride solution into the coating material is observed. It has been established that the observed changes in the properties of the coatings are due to the formation of a spatial structure of the polymer with different cross-link frequencies. It is shown that the introduction of a mixture of anti-corrosion pigments into the composition of paints provides a significant increase in the protective properties of coatings and a high preservation of the physical and mechanical properties of coatings in comparison with the base compositions. For 9000 hours of testing in a sodium chloride solution, the strength characteristics of the coatings decrease by about 10–12 % from the original ones. Based on the results of tests of coatings to the action of salt spray, the possibility of using the developed epoxy powder paints for operation in environments of a high atmospheric-corrosive category – C 5–1, including the application of coatings directly on a metal surface (Direct to metal) without multi-stage preparation of the metal surface for painting, is shown.

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