Abstract
The segregation of minor components such as flow agents, in an industrial coil coating based on epoxy resins crosslinked with a urea formaldehyde resin and applied to a hot-dipped galvanized steel (HDGS) substrate, has been investigated by high resolution XPS. The addition of a low amount of flow agent in the coating formulation leads to changes in the surface elemental composition. High-resolution monochromated XPS C1s spectra can be peak-fitted taking into account all functionalities of the respective components of the formulation. The examination of both the elemental and chemical surface compositions clearly demonstrates that the use of flow agent in the process leads to its preferential segregation towards the air–film interface. This result is interpreted in terms of minimisation of the surface free energy of the final coil coating. It is also possible to monitor the extent of crosslinking undergone within the coil coating system, using the peak-fitting in the same manner as above, and it was concluded that the system is fully crosslinked.
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