Curing of Functionalized Superhydrophobic Inorganic/Epoxy Nanocomposite and Application as Coatings for Steel

Superhydrophobic epoxy nanocomposites coatings with superior mechanical and adhesion strength are targeted to increase coating performance protect steel corrosion in aggressive environment. The present work prepared hydrophobic organic modified inorganic nanoparticles (NPs) based on magnetite, titanium dioxide silver capped epoxide oleic, linoleic linolenic fatty acids. Their chemical structures, thermal stability, crystalline lattice structure, morphology particles sizes distribution were determined using different tools. curing exothermic reactions properties of the cured commercial polyamine hardener evaluated presence NPs investigate their effect mechanism crosslinking densities networks. strength, abrasion resistance, seawater contact angles salt spray resistances surfaces. obtained results confirm that increasing weight contents embedded into networks via linking affect adhesion, superhydrophobicity anticorrosion performances