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Adhesion of Model Molecules to Metallic Surfaces, the Implications for Corrosion Protection  

de Wit, J.H.W. (Corrosion Technology and Electrochemistry (Section SI) Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Delft University of Technology and Netherlands Institute for Metals Research)
van den Brand, J. (Corrosion Technology and Electrochemistry (Section SI) Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Delft University of Technology and Netherlands Institute for Metals Research)
de Wit, F.M. (Corrosion Technology and Electrochemistry (Section SI) Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Delft University of Technology and Netherlands Institute for Metals Research)
Mol, J.M.C. (Corrosion Technology and Electrochemistry (Section SI) Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Delft University of Technology and Netherlands Institute for Metals Research)
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Corrosion Science and Technology / v.7, no.1, 2008 , pp. 50-60 More about this Journal
Abstract
The majority of the described experimental results deal with relatively pure aluminium. Variations were made in the pretreatment of the aluminum substrates and an investigation was performed on the resulting changes in oxide layer composition and chemistry. Subsequently, the bonding behavior of the surfaces was investigated by using model adhesion molecules. These molecules were chosen to represent the bonding functionality of an organic polymer. They were applied onto the pretreated surfaces as a monolayer and the bonding behavior was studied using infrared reflection absorption spectroscopy. A direct and clear relation was found between the hydroxyl fraction on the oxide surfaces and the amount of molecules that subsequently bonded to the surface. Moreover, it was found that most bonds between the oxide surface and organic functional groups are not stable in the presence of water. The best performance was obtained using molecules, which are capable of chemisorption with the oxide surface. Finally, it was found that freshly prepared relatively pure aluminum substrates, which are left in air, rapidly lose their bonding capacity towards organic functional groups. This can be attributed to the adsorption of contamination and water to the oxide surface. In addition the adhesion of a typical epoxy-coated aluminum system was investigated during exposure to water at different temperatures. The coating was found to quite rapidly lose its adhesion upon exposure to water. This rapid loss of adhesion corresponds well with the data where it was demonstrated that the studied epoxy coating only bonds through physisorptive hydrogen bonding, these bonds not being stable in the presence of water. After the initial loss the adhesion of the coating was however found to recover again and even exceeded the adhesion prior to exposure. The improvement could be ascribed to the growth of a thin oxyhydroxide layer on the aluminum substrate, which forms a new, water-stable and stronger bond with the epoxy coating. Two routes for improvement of adhesion are finally decribed including an interphasial polymeric thin layer and a treatment in boiling water of the substrate before coating takes place. The adhesion properties were finely also studied as a function of the Mg content of the alloys. It was shown that an enrichment of Mg in the oxide could take place when Mg containing alloys are heat-treated. It is expected that for these alloys the (hydr)oxide fraction also depends on the pre-treatment and on the distribution of magnesium as compared to the aluminium hydroxides, with a direct impact on adhesive properties.
Keywords
adhesion; molecular bonding; polymer-metal interfaces;
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