Acta Metallurgica Sinica (English Letters) ›› 2014, Vol. 27 ›› Issue (6): 1105-1113.DOI: 10.1007/s40195-014-0132-5

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Enhancement the Adhesion between Epoxy Coating and Rusted Structural Steel by Tannic Acid Treatment

Li Yang, Ma Yuantai, Zhang Bin, Lei Bing, Li Ying()   

  1. State Key Laboratory for Corrosion and Protection, Institute of Metal Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenyang, 110016, China
  • Received:2014-02-17 Revised:2014-04-03 Online:2014-09-11 Published:2015-07-23

Abstract:

An eco-friendly rust converter treatment based on tannic acid was optimized by orthogonal experiment, and the adhesion of the epoxy top-coating system was evaluated. The results showed that the adhesion between the epoxy coating and the rusted steel after treatment was enhanced from 1.93 to 5.97 MPa. This adhesion improvement was attributed to the formation of the micro-cracked tannic conversion layer and the increase of the compactness of the rust layer. The failure analysis suggested that the remainder rust was still the key issue for the further adhesion improvement of the coating system.

Key words: Tannic acid, Rust, Adhesion, Orthogonal experiment, SEM, FTIR