Abstract
Metal corrosion affects various sectors: construction, ships, pipes in the chemical industry, etc. Organic materials have been used as coatings to counteract it; recently improvements have been observed when magnetic polymers are used. These are materials formed by a polymeric matrix and a metal with magnetic properties, such as magnetic nanoparticles. The metal is sacrificed, preventing contact with the surface. Here we show the results of composites formed by magnetic nanoparticles of cobalt ferrite and magnetite obtained by coprecipitation, immersed in polystyrene, butyl polyacrylate and styrene-butyl acrylate copolymer matrices. The nanoparticles were incorporated by ultrasonic bath using different weights of nanoparticles (0.05%, 0.25%, 0.5% and 1%) using toluene as solvent. There is an acceptable dispersion of the nanoparticles in the polyacrylate and copolymer after 4 hours of cavitation, the styrene had acceptable dispersion after 5 hours. The composites were tested on a 316 Cal. 14 stainless steel film of 6 cm2 area, the specimens were dipped in acid to evaluate the corrosion protection with electrochemical techniques, having good results in the ferrite and magnetite composites where the protection capacity was better in the styrene-butyl acrylate copolymer.
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