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Characterization of coating systems by scanning electrochemical microscopy: Surface topology and blistering
- Source :
- Progress in Organic Coatings. 65:435-439
- Publication Year :
- 2009
- Publisher :
- Elsevier BV, 2009.
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Abstract
- Operation of the scanning electrochemical microscope used in feedback mode over a coated metal allows changes in the state of the coating surface to be monitored during immersion in aqueous electrolytes. This paper reports changes in the coating induced by specific anions in the electrolyte in situ during immersion. Significant surface roughening is observed for immersion times shorter than 1 day when the electrolyte contains chloride ions. This effect is also observed when the oxygen dissolved in the electrolytic phase is employed as redox mediator for SECM imaging. The coated system exposed to chloride-free electrolytes containing sulphate or nitrate maintains a featureless topography within the same time scale. The observed features are due to the nucleation and growth of blisters at the metal/coating interface induced by chloride ions in the environment. The implication is that ionic migration occurs simultaneously with the absorption of water by the coating already from the beginning of exposure to the aqueous environment. The unique role of chloride ions compared with sulphate or nitrate ions towards coating performance has been established at a very early stage following immersion of the sample.
- Subjects :
- Aqueous solution
Materials science
General Chemical Engineering
Organic Chemistry
Inorganic chemistry
Nucleation
Ionic bonding
Electrolyte
engineering.material
Electrochemistry
Chloride
Surfaces, Coatings and Films
Scanning electrochemical microscopy
Coating
Materials Chemistry
medicine
engineering
medicine.drug
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 03009440
- Volume :
- 65
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Progress in Organic Coatings
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi...........eb54b8a29247f21484da4a85b9bed513