Protective properties of superhydrophobic coatings on copper and steel obtained by electrochemical method

2021 ◽  
Vol 26 (1) ◽  

Superhydrophobic coatings are obtained by cathodic deposition of copper or nickel on a copper plate with treatment with an ethanol solution of highest carboxylic acids with a long hydrocarbon radical simultaneously or sequentially. They are characterized by a contact angle of water wetting of the order of 155...160°.These coatings protect the copper substrate from corrosion in conditions of 100% humidity for 100...180 days, while maintaining the contact angle within 152…154°. There is no mass loss. The influence of the reversal of the current during electrolysis on the value of the contact angle of wetting is investigated. SEM images of superhydrophobic coatings are presented, indicating multilevel roughness. Superhydrophobic coating on carbon steel is obtained by cathodic deposition of nickel and subsequent surface treatment in an ethanol solution of myristic acid and annealing at 60° for two hours. The influence of the duration of electrolysis on the value of the contact angle of wetting is estimated. Its value is in the range of 151…154°. Exposure of a coated steel plate for 50 days in conditions of 100% humidity is characterized by the absence of weight loss and maintaining the contact angle up to 154°.

2020 ◽  
pp. 89-89
Author(s):  
R. Yuvaraj ◽  
Kumar Senthkil

Superhydrohobic surface for dropwise condensation is prepared using hotplate solution immersion method on copper substrate. The preprocessed bare copper plate is immersed in a solution consist of 0.004 - 0.008M ethanol (CH3?CH2?OH) and tetradecanoic acid (CH3(CH2)12COOH) then heating the plates in the solution at 30 - 50?C for 1 - 6 hours. The contact angle of water droplet on the prepared surface is measured using Low Bond Axisymmetric Drop Shape Analysis (LBADSA), which gives the maximum contact angle of 168? and average value of 166? ? 2?. The maximum contact angle is obtained by adjusting the composition of the solution, temperature of the solution and immersion time to 0.006M, 45? and 4 hours respectively. The various superhydrophobic surfaces are prepared by changing constituents of solution, hotplate temperature and processing time respectively. Further dynamic behavior of water droplet on the prepared surfaces like jumping effect and rolling effect is presented in this work. In addition, experimental work is carried out on the prepared surface for dropwise condensation and the obtained results are compared with condensation on bare copper plate produces higher heat transfer coefficient.


2020 ◽  
Vol 6 (3) ◽  
pp. 155-158
Author(s):  
Katharina Wulf ◽  
Volkmar Senz ◽  
Thomas Eickner ◽  
Sabine Illner

AbstractIn recent years, nanofiber based materials have emerged as especially interesting for several biomedical applications, regarding their high surface to volume ratio. Due to the superficial nano- and microstructuring and the different wettability compared to nonstructured surfaces, the water absorption is an important parameter with respect to the degradation stability, thermomechanic properties and drug release properties, depending on the type of polymer [1]. In this investigation, the water absorption of different non- and plasma modified biostable nanofiber nonwovens based on polyurethane, polyester and polyamide were analysed and compared. Also, the water absorption by specified water wetting, the contact angle and morphology changes were examined. The results show that the water uptake is highly dependent on the surface modification and the polymer composition itself and can therefore be partially changed.


2018 ◽  
Vol 80 (3-2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ngan T. B. Dang ◽  
Liza B. Patacsil ◽  
Aileen H. Orbecido ◽  
Ramon Christian P. Eusebio ◽  
Arnel B. Beltran

Water resources are very important to sustain life. However, these resources have been subjected to stress due to population growth, economic and industrial growth, pollution and climate change. With these, the recovery of water from sources such as wastewater, dirty water, floodwater and seawater is a sustainable alternative. The potential of recovering water from these sources could be done by utilizing forward osmosis, a membrane process that exploits the natural osmotic pressure gradient between solutions which requires low energy operation. This study evaluated the potential of forward osmosis (FO) composite membranes fabricated from bacterial cellulose (BC) and modified with sodium alginate. The membranes were evaluated for water flux and salt rejection. The effect of alginate concentrations and impregnation temperatures were evaluated using 0.6 M sodium chloride solution as feed and 2 M glucose solution as the draw solution. The membranes were characterized by Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM), Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy (FTIR), and Contact Angle Meter (CAM). The use of sodium alginate in BC membrane showed a thicker membrane (38.3 μm to 67.6 μm), denser structure (shown in the SEM images), and more hydrophilic (contact angle ranges from 28.39° to 32.97°) compared to the pristine BC membrane (thickness = 12.8 μm and contact angle = 66.13°). Furthermore, the alginate modification lowered the water flux of the BC membrane from 9.283 L/m2-h (LMH) to value ranging from 2.314 to 4.797 LMH but the improvement in salt rejection was prominent (up to 98.57%).


2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hong Bin Gu

Commercial polypropylene microfiltration membranes (PPMM) and biaxial oriented polypropylene (BOPP) films were ozonated in aqueous and gaseous media, respectively, followed by graft polymerization of acryl amide (AAm), hydroxyethyl methacrylate (HEMA), and polyethylene glycol (PEG) to improve their surface hydrophilicity. The efficiency of ozonation conducted in the gaseous and aqueous phases was compared, the gaseous phase ozonation was found slightly more effective in generating peroxide groups, while the aqueous phase ozonation was found more effective in grafting polymerization. Scavengers were added to the aqueous phase ozonation, results indicated that both the radical groups and the molecule ozone contributed to the peroxide generation. The free radical groups contributed maximum 25% and 32% for ozonation of PPMM and BOPP, respectively, and the molecule ozone contributed the percentage remaining. Results also showed that the concentration of peroxides generated on the surfaces of PPMM or BOPP increased with the applied ozone dose and ozonation time in both phases. Copper sulfate hydrate (CuSO4·5H2O) and ferric chloride hydrate (FeCl3·6H2O) were added in the aqueous phase ozonation as homogenous catalysts, results showed that the peroxide generation rate of PPMM and BOPP was improved comparing to that of ozonation without catalyst. The peroxide generation of PPMM showed 17% increase by adding copper catalyst, and 16% increase in peroxide generation was observed in ferric catalyzed ozonation of BOPP. The mechanism of the aqueous phase ozonation was investigated, along with that of catalytic ozonation. An enhanced radical process was found for catalytic ozonation in this study. The hydrophilicity of PPMM and BOPP was improved by graft polymerization of AAm, HEMA and PEG initiated by the peroxides. The aqueous phase ozonation was found more effective in grafting. A washing test was conducted using distilled water blending with 10% isopropyl alcohol. When the ozonated membranes and films were washed and compared to the non-washed ones, it was found that the gaseous phase ozonated PPMM or BOPP lost more peroxides than their aqueous phase counterpart after washing. The washing tests showed that the aqueous phase ozonation could induce a better graft polymerization, because part of the tested peroxides from the gaseous ozonation was washed away in the cleaning and grafting process. The improved hydrophilicity of PPMM was indicated by the contact angle reduction from 129° to 91° for AAm grafting; from 126° to 74° for HEMA grafting; and from 126° to 88° for PEG grafting; Fourier Transform Infrared (FTIR) measurements showed additional peaks of functional groups, such as amine (N-H) and amide (–N-C=O) functional groups from the grafted AAm (CH2=CH-CO-NH2); and the Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM) images confirmed amorphicity changes of the graft polymerization. X-ray Diffraction (XRD) diffractogram revealed the crystallinity changes of ozonated and grafted PPMM. Bovine serum albumin (BSA) was used to test the filtration performance of virgin and grafted membranes, the filtration tests demonstrated the improvement in anti-fouling effect of the modified PPMM; and the SEM images of the fouled and washed membranes revealed the pore blockage and recovering on the surface. The hydrophilicity of the grafted BOPP was also improved, indicated by the contact angle reduction of AAm grafted film from 80° to 56°. The FTIR showed additional peaks of N-H and –N-C=O functional groups of grafted AAm. SEM images indicated amorphicity changes of the graft polymerization. The film modified by the aqueous phase ozonation showed its advantages of better graft polymerization, hydrophilicity, and protein adsorption. The results of this study positively impacted the industrial using of PPMM to elongate its duration time of filtration, and improved the applications of BOPP in biomedical areas


2018 ◽  
Vol 25 (1) ◽  
pp. 77
Author(s):  
G. A. Teptereva ◽  
S. Yu. Shavshukova ◽  
V. G. Konesev ◽  
I. I. Sultanov ◽  
R. R. Rakhimov ◽  
...  

2021 ◽  
Vol 285 ◽  
pp. 07012
Author(s):  
Andrey Bodrov ◽  
Anton Panichkin ◽  
Denis Lomakin ◽  
Andrew Simushkin

The article presents the results of studies to determine the dependence of the degree of adhesion and the separation force of the powder coatings layer on the roughness parameter of the substrate, as well as the contact angle of wetting for various methods of preparing the painted surface by chemical methods. In addition, practical tests for stain resistance were carried out, which showed the absence of corrosion damage, as well as a slight change in color, gloss of coatings, chalking and dirt retention on the studied coating samples.


2021 ◽  
Vol 29 (9_suppl) ◽  
pp. S1361-S1370
Author(s):  
Xuwu Luo ◽  
Guancheng Jiang ◽  
Xinliang Li ◽  
Lili Yang

In this paper, sodium montmorillonite was modified with gelatin of different concentrations, and various colloidal characteristics of the gelatin-treated clays were measured and analyzed in detail. First, the influence of gelatin on the interlayer space of Mt layers was investigated by X-ray diffraction analysis. Moreover, the aggregation of Mt particles was examined using a combination of electron microscopy and particle size distribution experiments, while the variation of the electrical property of Mt was measured using ζ potential test. Gelatin of different concentrations can increase the particle size of Mt in different degrees. The addition of 4% gelatin could improve the ζ potential of Mt from −30.65 to −15.55 mV. The wettability change of modified Mt induced by the adsorption of gelatin was followed by measurements of water contact angle and observations of the morphology of Mt/gelatin membrane through SEM images. 4% gelatin could improve the water contact angle of Mt to 81.3°. Finally, the rheological properties of Mt/gelatin dispersion including shear viscosity and shear stress were measured using a stress-controlled rheometer. All of the results were consistent by showing that the overall colloidal characteristics and behavior of the gelatin-treated Mt strongly varied depending on the gelatin concentration used in the modification process. These results can provide a deep and comprehensive understanding of the colloidal properties of clay/gelatin systems and give important guidance for the performance design and improvement of Mt/gelatin composite materials. Furthermore, this study can also be expanded the application of gelatin and its composites to other fields.


2021 ◽  
Vol 87 (4) ◽  
pp. 38-42
Author(s):  
Yu. F. Patrakov ◽  
S. A. Semenova

Most of the technological processes of coal mining and primary processing (transportation, crushing, and enrichment) depend on the physical and chemical properties of the external surface of coal particles. When determining the wetting angle — the wettability characteristics of the coal surface — the method of preparing the working surface of the sample and the choice of the measurement procedure (a drop of liquid on a solid surface or fixing a gas bubble on the surface of coal placed in water) are of great importance. We present the results of determining the contact angle of wetting using an air bubble. The working surface was prepared by briquetting a powdered sample. Scanning electron microscopy and laser diffraction analysis of the particle size distribution were used for surface characterization and fractional analysis of carbon particles. It is shown that the contact angle of wetting depends on the particle size, mineral composition of coal, and pressing pressure. At the same time, when determining the wetting angle, the optimal particle size and pressing pressure of the briquette are <100 μm and ~500 MPa, respectively. The obtained results can be used to improve technologies for mining, conversion and dressing of coals.


2016 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 155892501601100
Author(s):  
Jinmei Du ◽  
Lulu Zhang ◽  
Jing Dong ◽  
Ying Li ◽  
Changhai Xu ◽  
...  

Surface roughness and surface energy are two important factors affecting the hydrophobicity of nylon fabric. In this study, nylon fabric was treated for hydrophobicity with tetrabutyltitanate (TBT) and octadecylamine (OA) which were respectively responsible for increasing surface roughness and reducing surface energy. In order to enhance the hydrophobicity, In order to further enhance hydrophobicity by increasing available reactive sites, 1,2,3,4–butanetetracarboxylic acid (BTCA) was applied as a pretreatment to the nylon fabric It was found that the carboxyl content of nylon was increased by the BTCA pretreatment. SEM images showed that the TBT treatment produced small particles on nylon fabric which made surface rough. The water contact angle of nylon fabric treated with BTCA, TBT and OA was measured to be 134°, which was much greater than the water contact angle of nylon fabric treated only with OA. This indicated that the surface roughness resulting from the TBT treatment played an important role in improving hydrophobicity of the treated nylon fabric. The resistance to water penetration and the repellency of water spray of nylon fabric treated with BTCA, TBT and OA were respectively measured to be 27.64 mbar and 85 out of 100.


2015 ◽  
Vol 754-755 ◽  
pp. 546-550 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rita Mohd Said ◽  
Norainiza Saud ◽  
Mohd Arif Anuar Mohd Salleh ◽  
Mohd Nazree Derman ◽  
Mohd Izrul Izwan Ramli ◽  
...  

The effects of SiC on wettability and intermetallic compound (IMC) formation of Sn-Cu-Ni solder paste composite were systematically investigated. Lead-free solder paste composite was produced by mixing silicon carbide (SiC) particle with Sn-Cu-Ni (SN100C) solder paste. The wettability of composite solder was studied by observing the contact angle between solder and copper substrate. The IMC phase formation on copper substrate interface was identified using X-ray diffraction (XRD). The phase as detected in the composite solder is Cu6Sn5.The wettability of composite solder was observed through contact angle between solder and copper substrate and Sn-Cu-Ni + 1.0 wt.% SiC shows improvements in wetting angle and suppresses the IMCs formation.


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