CORROSION RESISTANCE OF ORGANOMETALLIC COATING APLICATED IN FUEL TANKS USING ELECTROCHEMICAL IMPEDANCE SPECTROSCOPY IN BIOFUEL – PART I
Nowadays, the industry has opted for more sustainable production processes, and the planet has also opted for new energy sources. From this perspective, automotive tanks with organometallic coatings as well as a partial substitution of fossil fuels by biofuels have been developed. These organometa...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Associação Brasileira de Metalurgia, Materiais e Mineração
2014-10-01
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| Series: | Tecnologia em Metalurgia, Materiais e Mineração |
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| Online Access: | http://www.tecnologiammm.com.br/files/v11n3/v11n3a09.pdf |
| Summary: | Nowadays, the industry has opted for more sustainable production processes, and the planet has also opted for
new energy sources. From this perspective, automotive tanks with organometallic coatings as well as a partial substitution
of fossil fuels by biofuels have been developed. These organometallic coated tanks have a zinc layer, deposited by a
galvanizing process, formed between the steel and the organometallic coating. This work aims to characterize the
organometallic coating used in metal automotive tanks and evaluate their corrosion resistance in contact with hydrated
ethyl alcohol fuel (AEHC). For this purpose, the resistance of all layers formed between Zinc and EEP steel and also the tin
coated steel, which has been used for over thirty years, were evaluated. The technique chosen was the Electrochemical
Impedance Spectroscopy. The results indicated an increase on the corrosion resistance when organometallic coatings are
used in AEHC medium. In addition to that, these coatings allow an estimated 25% reduction in tanks production costs. |
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| ISSN: | 2176-1515 2176-1523 |