Abstract
ABSTRACT The purpose of the current work is to develop an eco-friendly formulation which can be successfully utilised to mitigate zinc corrosion in marine environments. Biopolymer amylopectin and its nanoparticles were used to improve the coating characteristics of epoxy primer on zinc. Amylopectin nanoparticles (AMP-Np) were prepared by the microwave-assisted nanoprecipitation method and characterised using XRD, ATR-FTIR, and TEM studies. Inhibition studies were performed to achieve the optimum inhibitor concentration required for corrosion inhibition of zinc in 3.5% NaCl. Detailed surface morphology was studied using scanning electron microscopy and atomic force microscopic techniques. The overall efficiency of the coating after incorporating AMP (0.02 gL−1) was found to be 99.5%. With the addition of AMP-Np (0.005 gL−1), 99.9% coating efficiency was attained by reducing the concentration to 1/4th of AMP. The epoxy-coated metal coupons, along with micro and nano AMP, were dipped in 3.5% NaCl for 15 days to mitigate corrosion of zinc.
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