Abstract
A primer coating system adherent to iron substrates based on graphene nano-platelets (GNPs) dispersed in polyvinylbutyral (PVB) is presented. Using a scanning Kelvin probe (SKP), the composite coatings are shown to exhibit exceptional resistance to an important corrosion-driven failure process, namely cathodic delamination, when aqueous chloride electrolyte is introduced to a penetrating coating defect. Delamination rate kinetics are shown to correlate strongly with reductions in the rate of oxygen permeation through the coating with increasing GNP pigment volume fraction.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 169-172 |
Journal | Corrosion Science |
Volume | 114 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 1 Jan 2017 |