The effect of clay reinforcement of pine pollen grains on the mechanical, anti-corrosion and anti-microbial properties of an epoxy coating
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Lahouari Mrah
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Zoulikha Khiati
Abstract
In this work, a new material (PP-Mag) was manufactured using pine pollen (PP) and cetyltrimethylammonium bromide (CTA-Mag). By combining PP and Maghnite with an epoxy resin (EP), innovative nanocomposite materials was developed. With different blend compositions, the effect of EP on the mechanical properties, polarisation tests, salt spray tests and morphological characteristics of the blends was studied. The storage modulus (E′) of EP is 2179 MPa, which increases to 2361 MPa with increasing PP-Mag content. The mechanical properties of the blends containing EP/wt%PP/Mag showed an improved performance due to a better adhesion between the two phases when EP is incorporated. It was shown that the PP/Mag materials present in the matrix improve the corrosion resistance according to the different polarisation tests and the salt spray test.
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Research ethics: The local Institutional Review Board deemed the study exempt from review.
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Author contributions: The authors have accepted responsibility for the entire contents of this manuscript and have approved its submission.
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Competing interests: The authors declare no conflicts of interest.
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Research funding: This work was supported by the Algerian Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research (MESRS).
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Data availability: The raw data can be obtained on request from the corresponding author.
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