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Modeling electrochemical surface responses for PANI bronze corrosion protection
Author(s) -
Aouadi Safa,
Souissi Nébil
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
surface and interface analysis
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.52
H-Index - 90
eISSN - 1096-9918
pISSN - 0142-2421
DOI - 10.1002/sia.6050
Subject(s) - bronze , corrosion , polyaniline , materials science , aniline , alloy , electrochemistry , aqueous solution , cyclic voltammetry , chemical engineering , chloride , metallurgy , composite material , chemistry , electrode , polymer , organic chemistry , engineering , polymerization
Plackett–Burman experimental design was carried out in order to optimize the experimental conditions of polyaniline (PANI) electrodeposition for Cu10Sn bronze alloy corrosion protection in neutral aerated aqueous 0.5 M chloride medium. Seven factors including scan rate, aniline concentration, hydroxyl ions concentration, cycle number, nature of solvent, starting potential, and final potential for the cyclic voltammetry study were considered. The experimental responses were Ecorr, β a, β c, B, Jcorr, Rp, the percentage of protection efficiency and the coatings porosities. A linear mathematical model was applied to estimate the coefficients related to the different experimental responses. The significance of the different factors was evaluated through Pareto analysis. The optimum conditions for PANI electrodeposition were estimated and discussed. PANI coatings were concluded to offer protection efficiency higher than 90% for Cu10Sn bronze alloy. Copyright © 2016 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.