Poly (N, N-dimethyl aniline) Coating for Stainless Steel, Synthesis, Characterization and Corrosion Protection in Sea Water 3.5% NaCl Solution

Abstract

This research involves the synthesis of conductive polymer includes: poly (N, Ndimethyl
aniline) on metal surface which is stainless steel 316 by using
electrochemical polymerization technique. Parameters of this research are voltage
rang, scan rate, number of cycles. The tests for corrosion protection of the polymer
coated and uncoated stainless steel substrate was investigated in artificial sea water
of 3.5% NaCl solution by tafel and potentiodynamic procedures. Fourier Transform
Infrared Spectroscopy (FTIR), UV-Visible absorption spectroscopy, Scanning
Electron Microscope (SEM) and Atomic Force Microscope (AFM) were used to
diagnose and describe the structure and morphology of the coating. Parameters of
corrosion are: corrosion current Icorr, corrosion potential Ecorr, protection efficiency
(PE %), polarization resistance (Rp) and the effect of different temperatures range
(293 to 323) K in the inhibition efficiency of coated and uncoated stainless steel
surface. Change in the free, enthalpy and entropy have been determined. Apparent
energies of activation have been calculated for the corrosion process from the
corrosion rates and Arrhenius plots. This results of corrosion test showed that Poly
(N, N-dimethyl aniline) ensure chemically stable, environmentally viable and have
good corrosion protection of stainless steel in artificial sea water of 3.5% NaCl
solution.