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Funding from the Australian Research Council Industrial Transformation Research Hubs Scheme (Project Number IH130100017) is gratefully acknowledged. Authors gratefully acknowledge the RMIT Microscopy and Microanalysis Facility (RMMF) for providing access to the characterisation instruments. This research was also undertaken on the Infrared Microscopectroscopy beamline at the Australian Synchrotron, Victoria, Australia.

<html> 1. Stål Prover <ol><li> Erhålla prover av stål av 1 mm tjocklek från en kommersiell leverantör. OBS: Prover belades med antingen polyester eller polyester belagd med kiselnanopartiklar. </li><li> Utsätta prov för solljus på Rockhampton, Queensland, Australien: samla prover efter ett år och fem års mellanrum under sammanlagt 5-årsperioden. Skär provpaneler i runda skivor med en cm i diameter med hjälp av hålslaget. </li><li> Före ytan karakterisering, skölj prover med dubbe...

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Polyester beläggningar har använts i stor omfattning för att skydda stål substrat från korrosion som skulle inträffa på en obelagd yta på grund av ansamling av fukt och föroreningar. Tillämpningen av polyesterbeläggningar kan skydda stålet mot korrosion; men på längre sikt effektiviteten av dessa beläggningar äventyras om de utsätts för höga nivåer av ultraviolett ljus under fuktiga förhållanden, som förekommer i tropiska klimat. Kiselnanopartiklar kan appliceras på ytan av polyester för att fö...

Environmental corrosion of metals in the environment is both prevalent and costly1-3. A recent study conducted by the Australasian Corrosion Association (ACA) reported that corrosion of metals resulted in a yearly cost of $982 million, which was directly associated with the degradation of assets and infrastructure through metallic corrosion within the water industry4. From an international perspective, the World Corrosion Organization estimated that metallic corrosion was responsible for a direct cost of $3.3 trillion, over 3% of the world's GDP5. The process of galvanizing as a corrosion preventative method has been widely used to increase the lifespan of steel material6. In humid and subtropical climates, however, water tends to condense into small pockets or grooves within the surface of the galvanized steel, leading to the acceleration of corrosion rates through pit corrosion7,8. Thermosetting polymer coatings based on polyesters have been developed to coat the galvanized steel substrata increasing their ability to withstand humid weathering conditions for items such as satellite dishes, garden furniture, air-conditioning units or agricultural construction equipment9-11. Unfortunately polymer coatings on steel surfaces have been found to be considerably adversely affected by the presence of high levels of ultraviolet (uv) radiation12-14. Coatings comprised of silica nanoparticles (SiO2) spread over a polymer layer have been widely used with a view to increasing their corrosion-, wear-, tear- and degradation-resistance15,16. The tendency of the protective polymeric coatings to form pores and cracks can be reduced by incorporating nanoparticles (NPs), which contribute to the passive obstruction of corrosion initiation17,18. Also, the mechanical stability of the protective polymeric layer can be improved by NPs inclusion. However, these coatings act as passive physical barriers and, in comparison to the galvanization approach, cannot inhibit corrosion propagation actively.
An in-depth understanding of the effect that high-levels of ultraviolet light exposure under humid conditions upon these metal coatings is yet to be obtained. In this paper, a wide range of surface analytical techniques, including X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS), attenuated total reflection infrared micro-spectroscopy (ATR IR), contact angle goniometry, optical profiling and atomic force microscopy (AFM) will be employed to examine the changes in the surface of steel coatings prepared from polyester- and silica nanoparticle-coated polyester (silica nanoparticles/polyester) after exposure to sunlight. Furthermore, the aim of this work is to give a concise, practical overview of the overall characterization techniques to examine weathered samples.

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the evolution of silica nanoparticle-polyester coatings on surfaces exposed to sunlight

Korrosion av metallytor är utbrett i miljön och är av stor betydelse inom många områden, inklusive militären, transport, luftfart, bygg- och livsmedelsindustrin, bland annat. Polyester och beläggningar innehållande både polyester och kiselnanopartiklar (SiO 2 NP) har använts i stor utsträckning för att skydda stål substrat från korrosion. I denna studie, utnyttjade vi röntgenfotoelektronspektroskopi, försvagat total reflektion infraröd mikro spektroskopi, vattenkontaktvinkelmätningar, optisk profilering och atomkraftsmikroskopi för att ge en inblick i hur exponering för solljus kan orsaka förändringar i mikro- och nanoskala integritet av beläggningarna. Ingen signifikant förändring av ytan mikro-topografin detekterades med användning av optisk profilometri var dock statistiskt signifikanta nanoskala förändringar av ytan detekteras med användning av atomkraftsmikroskopi. Analys av röntgenfotoelektronspektroskopi och dämpas total reflektion infraröd mikro-spektroskopi data visade att nedbrytning av estergrupperna hade inträffat genom exponering för ultraviolett ljus för att bilda COO ·, -H 2 C ·, -O ·, -CO · radikaler. Under nedbrytningsprocessen, CO och CO 2 framställdes också.

<html> De belagda stålprover som hade utsatts för exponering för solljus för antingen ett eller fem år uppsamlades, och vattenkontaktvinkelmätningar genomfördes för att bestämma om exponering hade resulterat i en förändring i ytan hydrofobicitet hos ytan (fig 2 ). <img alt="figur 2" src="/files/ftp_upload/54309/54309fig2.jpg" /> Figur 2. Vätbarhet variation av ytor med polyester eller kiseldioxid nanopartikel / polyest...

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