Scaling inhibition by sol-gel phosphosilicate hybrid films: Influence of doping Cu2+ and Zn2+ cations

Manel Gritli (1, 2) , Hélène Cheap-Charpentier (2, 3) , Hubert Perrot (2) , Olivier Horner (3) , Yasser Ben Amor (1)

1 UCAR - Université de Carthage (Tunisie)
2 LISE - Laboratoire Interfaces et Systèmes Electrochimiques
3 (EPF) - Ecole Polytechnique Féminine

In this work, the scaling protection performance of Zn 2+ and Cu 2+ , added to a phosphosilicate hybrid sol-gel coating and applied on both carbon and stainless steel surface, was evaluated for the first time in a solution containing initially 200 mg.L-1 of Ca 2+ (corresponding to a water hardness of 50 °F) at 30 °C. Inhibition efficiency was estimated using chronoamperometry (CA) and quartz crystal microbalance (QCM). Results showed that these smart coatings were efficient to protect steel surface against scaling phenomenon. The coatings containing the Cu 2+ inhibitor was the most effective of the systems tested. Moreover, CA and QCM measurements showed that the formation of calcium carbonate deposition on carbon steel decreased when the amount of zinc and copper ions added to the sol-gel film increased. Scanning electronic microscopy and X-ray diffraction results indicated that both cations included in the sol-gel film affected calcium carbonate nucleation by changing the morphology of CaCO3 crystals.

Domaines: Chimie

Manel Gritli, Hélène Cheap-Charpentier, Hubert Perrot, Olivier Horner, Yasser Ben Amor. Scaling inhibition by sol-gel phosphosilicate hybrid films: Influence of doping Cu2+ and Zn2+ cations. Surface and Coatings Technology, 2022, 443, pp.128597. ⟨10.1016/j.surfcoat.2022.128597⟩. ⟨hal-03700733⟩