Estudo da inibição da corrosão do zinco por íons inorgânicos ecologicamente amigáveis: molibdato, tungstato, silicato e fosfato.

Abstract

The chromate is widely used as a corrosion inhibitor. However, it is highly toxic and carcinogenic, which has done researchers to study environmentally friendly alternatives to this inhibitor. Among these, molybdate, tungstate, silicate and phosphate anions appear as potential candidates because they are non toxic. Thus, this work aims to develop a systematic study to investigate molybdate, tungstate, silicate and phosphate as corrosion inhibitors of zinc. Aqueous solutions of 10-1 mol dm-3 NaCl were used and the concentrations of the inhibitors ranging from 10-4 to 10-1 mol dm-3. The corrosion studies were carried out by open circuit potential measurements, potentiodynamic linear polarization and electrochemical impedance spectroscopy. The Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM), X-Ray Dispersive Energy (XDE), X-Ray diffraction (XRD) and X-Ray Photoelectronic Spectroscopy (XPS) techniques were used to characterize the Zn after the corrosion tests. All the studied anions inhibited the zinc corrosion. The characterization techniques made possible to detect the presence of molybdate, silicate, tungstate and phosphate on the zn surface after the corrosion tests in the solution containing the corresponding inhibitors