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ELECTROCHIMICA ACTA
Volume 53, Issue 25, Pages 7531-7538Publisher
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.electacta.2007.11.053
Keywords
metal-polymer interfaces; capacitance; volta potential; blistering; hydrothermal stress
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Electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS) and Scanning Kelvin probe (SKP) were applied to Study the zinc/polymer interface. The coating capacitance and the drop of potential across the zinc/epoxy interface are investigated as a function of water penetration and hydrolysis of adhesion bonds. Water penetrates to the interface, decreasing thus the potential drop and increasing the capacitance. Further removal of water leads to the restoration of bonds accompanied by a decrease in capacitance and the return to the initial potential distribution across the interface. Commercial high-performance coil coatings applied to galvanized steel were studied in order to correlate the interface stability and the tendency to blistering. EIS and SKP measurements allowed the evaluation of the electrochemical conditions at the interface. Local adhesion failures caused non-uniformity in the potential profile measured by SKR Monitoring of changes ill impedance at low frequency related to the interface during temperature cycling may be useful for the evaluation of the tendency to blistering. (c) 2007 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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