AVALIAÇÃO DA UTILIZAÇÃO DE ADITIVOS DE BENZOATO E NITRITO DE SÓDIO NA PROTEÇÃO DA CORROSÃO DO AÇO 1006

Abstract

Every year, corrosion in metallic substrates causes waste in the order of millions of dollars, and with the prohibition or restriction in the use of substances such as chromium there is a need for alternatives to increase the life cycle of metallic apparatuses. This work incorporated sodium benzoate and sodium nitrite as corrosion inhibitor in commercial paints, which assists in the prevention against environment corrosion. Synthetic enamel paint from Coral was used as a vehicle for the addition of the inhibitors; the paints were applied on working electrodes made of SAE 1006 steel that is a low carbon and easily corroded steel. Afterwards, potentionstat measurements were performed according to the ASTM standard G59-97(2009). Satisfactory results were found when sodium nitrite was use in the concentration of 0.05% and 0.7%, showing corrosions rates of 8,8602.10-05 mm/year and 2,2207.10-04 mm/year, respectively; samples containing 0.5% of sodium benzoate showed a corrosion rate of 1,3994.10-4 mm/year. These corrosion rates prove the efficiency of using corrosion inhibitors because the SAE 1006 steel presented a corrosion rate of 2,1759 mm/year. Coatings were also characterized by using scanning electron microscopy, and IR spectroscopy. Keywords: Sodium nitrite; sodium benzoate; potentiostat; anticorrosive; SAE 1006 steel.