Surface and Mechanical Characterization of Steel Plates Coated with Anti-Corrosion Triazole Derivatives
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Allen E. Paulson College of Engineering and Computing (CEC)
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Poster Presentation
Co-Presenters and Faculty Mentors or Advisors
Dr. Mahmoud Baniasadi, Faculty Advisor
Abstract
Corrosion is one of the common challenges in almost all application in which steel has been used. Various corrosion inhibitors have been developed to minimize the negative impact of corrosion on structure-health and safety, as well as repair and maintenance cost and time. Benzotrizole (BZT) is one of the most common type of corrosion inhibitors that is available in the market. In this work, novel functionalized triazole groups (synthesized in the Department of Chemistry) have been used for their anti-corrosion abilities on treated steel plates. These novel triazoles are compared to a known and commercially used corrosion inhibitor Benzotriazole (BZT). The goal of this project is to produce data indicating that the synthesized triazoles test near or better than the benchmark that BZT has set on steel corrosion prevention. The specialty of the developed triazole is its placement of the functional group at the ortho position to the core triazole structure (e.g. having the electron donating functional groups near the triazole groups). Anticorrosion performance of the various concentration of the newly synthesized bisfunctionalized triazole on surface treated steel plate samples, immersed in 1M HCl, will be evaluated through Electrochemical Impedance Spectroscopy (EIS) experiments to find the optimum concentration of triazole with maximum anticorrosion capability. Also, effects of the corrosion inhibitor concentration on the surface and mechanical properties of the corroded steel plates will be evaluated using various microscopy techniques such as Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM), Atomic Force Microscopy (AFM), 3D Optical Profilometer, and in-situ tensile tests. Using these methods, calculations will be made to quantify the magnitude of changes effected by the corrosion inhibitors and determine their plausibility.
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Recommended Citation
Mendes, Diogo Cunha, "Surface and Mechanical Characterization of Steel Plates Coated with Anti-Corrosion Triazole Derivatives" (2021). GS4 Georgia Southern Student Scholars Symposium. 105.
https://digitalcommons.georgiasouthern.edu/research_symposium/2021/2021/105
Surface and Mechanical Characterization of Steel Plates Coated with Anti-Corrosion Triazole Derivatives
Allen E. Paulson College of Engineering and Computing (CEC)
Corrosion is one of the common challenges in almost all application in which steel has been used. Various corrosion inhibitors have been developed to minimize the negative impact of corrosion on structure-health and safety, as well as repair and maintenance cost and time. Benzotrizole (BZT) is one of the most common type of corrosion inhibitors that is available in the market. In this work, novel functionalized triazole groups (synthesized in the Department of Chemistry) have been used for their anti-corrosion abilities on treated steel plates. These novel triazoles are compared to a known and commercially used corrosion inhibitor Benzotriazole (BZT). The goal of this project is to produce data indicating that the synthesized triazoles test near or better than the benchmark that BZT has set on steel corrosion prevention. The specialty of the developed triazole is its placement of the functional group at the ortho position to the core triazole structure (e.g. having the electron donating functional groups near the triazole groups). Anticorrosion performance of the various concentration of the newly synthesized bisfunctionalized triazole on surface treated steel plate samples, immersed in 1M HCl, will be evaluated through Electrochemical Impedance Spectroscopy (EIS) experiments to find the optimum concentration of triazole with maximum anticorrosion capability. Also, effects of the corrosion inhibitor concentration on the surface and mechanical properties of the corroded steel plates will be evaluated using various microscopy techniques such as Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM), Atomic Force Microscopy (AFM), 3D Optical Profilometer, and in-situ tensile tests. Using these methods, calculations will be made to quantify the magnitude of changes effected by the corrosion inhibitors and determine their plausibility.
