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Characterization and corrosion resistance of ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene composite coatings reinforced with tungsten carbide particles in hydrochloric acid medium

  • Akeem Yusuf Adesina ORCID logo EMAIL logo , Muhammad Faizan Khan , Muhammad Umar Azam , Mohammed Abdul Samad and Ahmad A. Sorour
Published/Copyright: September 24, 2019
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From the journal Journal of Polymer Engineering Volume 39 Issue 10

Abstract

Ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene (UHMWPE) composite coatings reinforced with different concentrations (1, 3, 6, and 9 wt%) of submicron tungsten carbide (WC) particles were synthesized using electrostatic sprayed method, characterized and evaluated for corrosion resistance in 1 m HCl electrolytic solution. Results showed that the mechanical properties and adhesion strength of the coatings improved with the increasing WC content to an optimum loading of 6 wt%. These properties slightly dropped when the WC content was further increased to 9 wt% due to agglomeration of the WC particles. Furthermore, both the potentiodynamic polarization test and electrochemical impedance spectroscopy measurement confirmed the high corrosion protection efficiency of the UHMWPE/WC composite coatings over the pristine UHMWPE coating to a minimum of 80% improvement. The 1 wt% WC reinforced UHMWPE coating exhibited the highest corrosion resistance due to better dispersion of the WC particles in the matrix.

Keywords: composite coatings; corrosion resistance; electrochemical impedance spectroscopy; scratch adhesion; UHMWPE

Acknowledgments

The authors acknowledge the support received from the Center of Research Excellence in Corrosion (CoRE-C) and Tribology Laboratory of Mechanical Engineering Department, King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals.

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Supplementary Material

The online version of this article offers supplementary material (https://doi.org/10.1515/polyeng-2018-0397).

Received: 2019-01-16
Accepted: 2019-08-28
Published Online: 2019-09-24
Published in Print: 2019-11-26

©2019 Walter de Gruyter GmbH, Berlin/Boston

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https://doi.org/10.1515/polyeng-2018-0397
Keywords for this article
composite coatings; corrosion resistance; electrochemical impedance spectroscopy; scratch adhesion; UHMWPE

Articles in the same Issue

  1. Frontmatter
  2. Material properties
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  4. Tribological properties of PAANa/UHMWPE composite materials in seawater lubrication
  5. Preparation and assembly
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  8. Significant improvement of the low-temperature toughness of PVC/ASA/NBR ternary blends through the concept of mismatched thermal expansion coefficient
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  10. Fabrication of polyimide films with imaging quality using a spin-coating method for potential optical applications
  11. Engineering and processing
  12. An experimental study on the micro- and nanocellular foaming of polystyrene/poly(methyl methacrylate) blend composites
  13. Barrel heating with inductive coils in an injection molding machine
  14. Influence of temperature dependence on the structural characteristics of polyoxymethylene/poly(lactic acid) blends by injection molding
  15. Annual reviewer acknowledgement
  16. Reviewer acknowledgement Journal of Polymer Engineering volume 39 (2019)
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