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Vapor phase assembly of urea–amine compounds and their protection against the atmospheric corrosion of carbon steel

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Two kinds of polyamine compounds, bis-cyclohexylaminoethylurea (BCAU) and monocyclohexylaminoethylurea (MCAU), are synthesized via Mannich reaction. The anticorrosion films on carbon steel surface are prepared by the vapor phase assembly method. After 72 h volatilization at 50°C, the mass-loss for BCAU and MCAU in the closed space are 1.13% and 1.45%. The volatile-inhibiting sieve (VIS) test, the volatile-inhibiting ability test and the electrochemical impedance spectroscopy measurement are used to compare the prevention of the atmospheric corrosion by the assembly film. BCAU and MCAU have 92.44% and 87.56% inhibition efficiency for carbon steel in VIS test. On the basis of theoretical calculation and surface analysis, the protective film structures on carbon surface from the vapor phase assembly are proposed.

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Acknowledgments

Our work was supported in part by NSFC project (Grant Nos. 51571140, 21776172). In addition, we are very thankful for the grant from the Science & Technology Commission of Shanghai Municipality (Grant Nos. 18DZ2204400, 17DZ2282800).

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    Hong-Liang Zhang, Hong-Bin Yan & Shi-Li Wei

  3. Shanghai Engineering Research Center of Energy-Saving in Heat Exchange Systems, Shanghai, 200090, China

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Zhang, HL., Ma, TF., Gao, LX. et al. Vapor phase assembly of urea–amine compounds and their protection against the atmospheric corrosion of carbon steel. J Coat Technol Res 17, 503–515 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11998-019-00301-7

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