Issue 18, 2024

α-Zirconium hydrogenophosphate as a nano-container of 2-aminobenzimidazole for the corrosion protection of zinc in NaCl medium

Abstract

The development of a new generation of anticorrosion pigments for paints remains an important challenge to replace the usual sparingly-soluble pigments and thus avoid the dissemination of heavy metals in the environment and the formation of holes in polymer coatings. For this purpose, α-zirconium hydrogenophosphate (Zr(HPO4)2·H2O, denoted as α-ZrP) was intercalated with the corrosion inhibitor 2-aminobenzimidazole (ABIM). Various microstructural analyses have proven the insertion of ABIM in the interlayer space by an acid–base exchange reaction and allowed us to propose a structural model for the new ABIM-ZrP pigment. The anticorrosion properties on zinc of the ABIM-ZrP, characterized by electrochemical measurements in 0.1 M NaCl, are due to the release of ABIM molecules by an ion-exchange reaction and the pH-buffer effect of α-ZrP and the amine group of ABIM. Compared to the commercial aluminium tri-phosphate (ATP) pigment, an alkyd-polymer coating loaded with the ABIM-ZrP pigment shows very interesting electrochemical behaviour by avoiding the blistering of the polymer coating and the beginning of zinc corrosion. This effect may be due to both the tortuous effect brought by the platelet shape of the pigments and the release of ABIM once the water uptake of the polymer becomes significant.

Graphical abstract: α-Zirconium hydrogenophosphate as a nano-container of 2-aminobenzimidazole for the corrosion protection of zinc in NaCl medium

Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
18 feb 2024
Accepted
11 apr 2024
First published
16 apr 2024
This article is Open Access
Creative Commons BY-NC license

Dalton Trans., 2024,53, 7857-7865

α-Zirconium hydrogenophosphate as a nano-container of 2-aminobenzimidazole for the corrosion protection of zinc in NaCl medium

I. Bouali, E. Rocca, D. Veys-Renaux, B. Rhouta and A. Khalil, Dalton Trans., 2024, 53, 7857 DOI: 10.1039/D4DT00476K

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