INVESTIGATIONS ON PERFORMANCE OF POLYANILINE- NANOCOMPOSITES TOWARDS

INHIBITION OF REBAR CORROSION

*Arunbalaji. S ,
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Bhuvaneshwari. B ,*Jayavel. R ,
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Nagesh R. Iyer
* Centre for Nanoscience and Technology, Anna University, Chennai.
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CSIR- Structural Engineering Research Centre, Chennai




Introduction

Corrosion is the physicochemical activity
of the material with the environment which
produces a new and less desirable
material and can result in the loss of
function or component of the system.
Effects of corrosion .
Economical loss .
Loss of lives in case of Brigde and
Dams

Effect of corrosion of
steel rebars RC structures
References
Reduction in load bearing capacity.
Loss of ductility.
Shift of mechanism of ductility to brittle.
Corrosion of steel rebar, affects
surrounding concrete structures.
Reduction in resistance & load bearing
capacity of the RC structures.
Reduction of bond between steel and
concrete.
Cracking & possible delamination of the
outer concrete layer















1. R. Sharmila, N. Selvakumar, K.
Jeyasubramanian Evaluation of corrosion
inhibition in mild steel using cerium
oxide nanoparticles.
2. Alka Phanasgaonkar, V.S. Raja
Influence of curing temperature, silica
nanoparticles- and cerium on surface
morphology and corrosion behaviour of hybrid
silane coatings on mild steel.
3. Jean-Baptiste Cambon, Florence Ansart,
Jean-Pierre Bonino, Viviane Turq Effect of
cerium concentration on corrosion resistance
and polymerization of hybrid solgel coating
on martensitic stainless steel.






Lotus effect in anti corrosive coatings


Results
Effect of Cerium in Anticorrosive
Coatings
Polyaniline Applications
Poly aniline
Polyaniline (PANI) is a conducting
polymer of the semi-flexible rod polymer
family.
It has high electrical conductivity.
It has light weight , mechanical
flexibility, low cost and easy processing.
The ability to tune tune the conductivity
to insulator to metallic conductivity.




Structure of polyaniline








Discussion
Conclusion
The performance of the corrosion inhibition
will be increased in the Ce TiO
2

polyaniline coatings.
The self healing property of rectifying cracks
and voids will be improved.
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Methods & Materials
Cerium doped TiO
2
nanocomposites are
prepared using solgel method.
The prepared nanocomposites are dispersed
in the polyaniline.
Polyaniline dispersed nanocomposites are
deposited in the MS steel sample as working
electrode and Ag/Agcl
2
as reference electrode
and platinum as counter electrode.
The electrodeposition is done by cyclic
voltammetric device.

The increase in the cerium concentration
improved hydrophobic character of coating
and tightness of water
Cerium can diffuse through the defects in the
coating and protect the damaged site.
The mechanism of protection of the coatings
is by blocking of the surfaces of mild steel
surface where reduction of oxygen and metal
losses occur in the pore of the cavity.
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Methods & Materials
Characterizations
The following characterization has to be done.
X-ray diffraction pattern
FTIR spectra
AFM
SEM
Linear polarization.

Calculations