US20170145581A1 - Method of treating surface of aluminum substrate to increase performance of offshore equipment - Google Patents
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- C23F—NON-MECHANICAL REMOVAL OF METALLIC MATERIAL FROM SURFACE; INHIBITING CORROSION OF METALLIC MATERIAL OR INCRUSTATION IN GENERAL; MULTI-STEP PROCESSES FOR SURFACE TREATMENT OF METALLIC MATERIAL INVOLVING AT LEAST ONE PROCESS PROVIDED FOR IN CLASS C23 AND AT LEAST ONE PROCESS COVERED BY SUBCLASS C21D OR C22F OR CLASS C25
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- the present invention relates to a method of treating the surface of an aluminum substrate to increase the performance of offshore equipment.
- offshore equipment for use in fabricating ships and large marine structures is mainly manufactured using alloys and other metal elements.
- the use of non-iron metals is increasing these days in order to realize offshore equipment exhibiting high durability and lightweightness.
- the surface of the aluminum substrate therefor is treated using a variety of methods to prevent the corrosion thereof.
- Metal corrosion means that the properties of metal change through chemical or electrochemical reaction of the metal with materials contained in the ambient environment. Typically, metal corrosion occurs due to the presence of electrolytes such as soil, fresh water or seawater, the presence of cathode-anode potential difference, or the presence of a conductor for connecting a cathode and an anode. Also, metal corrosion is classified into dry corrosion, in the absence of water, and wet corrosion, in the presence of water, and takes place while corrosion current flows from the anode to the cathode due to a partial potential difference depending on the material and environment. In order to prevent the corrosion of the metal substrate, at least one corrosion factor, such as an electrolyte, a potential difference or a conductor, has to be eliminated.
- metal corrosion cannot be actually completely prevented, the metal is inhibited from corroding in a manner of alleviating the corrosion or by suppressing corrosion to some extent for a predetermined time.
- Known methods for preventing corrosion include a surface treatment process through coating of the surface of a metal substrate with a corrosion inhibitor and an electron-chemical protection process for allowing predetermined potential to flow to the metal substrate to thus induce a kind of battery reaction.
- Recently useful is a surface treatment process for treating the surface of the metal substrate through coating with a corrosion inhibitor or the like.
- the corrosion inhibitor includes asphalt, wax, petroleum and lubricating base oil, and is applied on the surface of a metal substrate to form a coating layer, in order to achieve an effect of physically protecting the surface of the metal substrate using physical strength and a chemical protection effect for preventing corrosive material such as oxygen or water from contacting the surface of the metal substrate through the interfacial action of the corrosion inhibitor, such as adsorption, solubilization, neutralization, dispersion or water substitution.
- the coating layer on the surface of the metal substrate, formed through the coating process with the corrosion inhibitor is lost over time, and thus the surface of the metal substrate corrodes.
- the coating with the corrosion inhibitor has to be repeated in order to form the coating layer on the surface of the metal substrate.
- the metal substrate including aluminum and an aluminum alloy widely useful as a non-iron metal in deep seawater offshore equipment, has been used by being coated with a corrosion inhibitor in order to prevent the corrosion thereof.
- an object of the present invention is to provide a method of treating the surface of an aluminum substrate in order to increase corrosion resistance and anti-fouling effects of offshore equipment.
- the present invention provides a method of treating a surface of an aluminum substrate, comprising: (a) forming a porous oxide film on the surface of the aluminum substrate; and (b) applying a corrosion inhibitor on the surface of the aluminum substrate having the oxide film formed thereon.
- the aluminum substrate may include Al7075.
- (a) may be performed using an anodizing process or a plasma electrolytic oxidation process.
- the anodizing process may be performed at room temperature at a voltage of 30 to 100 V for 1 to 3 hr.
- the oxide film may be formed at a thickness of 10 to 20 ⁇ m on the surface of the aluminum substrate.
- the corrosion inhibitor may be an oil-type corrosion inhibitor.
- the corrosion inhibitor may further include a viscosity controller.
- (b) may be performed using any one process selected from among spray coating, screen printing, brushing, and dipping.
- (b) may further include homogenizing the surface of the aluminum substrate, after the applying the corrosion inhibitor on the surface of the aluminum substrate having the oxide film formed thereon.
- the present invention provides an aluminum substrate for offshore equipment, manufactured by the above method.
- the method of treating the surface of an aluminum substrate enables the formation of a porous oxide film on the surface of the aluminum substrate through surface treatment so that the applied corrosion inhibitor is partially absorbed into the porous oxide film, thus exhibiting superior corrosion resistance and anti-fouling effects of a metal substrate, compared to conventional surface treatment methods involving coating only with a corrosion inhibitor.
- FIG. 1A is a field emission scanning electron microscope (FE-SEM) image illustrating the surface of the anodized aluminum substrate according to the present invention
- FIG. 1B is an enlarged FE-SEM image of FIG. 1A ;
- FIG. 2 is of actual images illustrating changes in the surface of the anodized aluminum substrate after dropping treatment of an oil-type corrosion inhibitor, a solvent dilution-type corrosion inhibitor, a semisolid-type corrosion inhibitor and water according to the present invention.
- FIG. 3 is a graph illustrating the corrosion susceptibility of the surface-treated aluminum substrates in the example and comparative example.
- the present invention addresses a method of treating the surface of an aluminum substrate, comprising: (a) forming a porous oxide film on the surface of the aluminum substrate and (b) applying a corrosion inhibitor on the surface of the aluminum substrate having the oxide film formed thereon.
- (a) is a step of forming a porous oxide film on the surface of the aluminum substrate.
- the aluminum substrate may be used without limitation so long as it has any composition typically used in the art.
- Preferably useful is Al7075, which is an aluminum alloy comprising aluminum, magnesium, copper or zinc to thus exhibit superior mechanical properties and high usefulness in offshore equipment.
- an aluminum substrate which is desmutted through degreasing treatment using any commercially available aluminum degreasing agent, etching treatment, and surface treatment with an acid, may be used such that the porous oxide film is formed on the surface thereof.
- the formation of the porous oxide film on the surface of the aluminum substrate may be implemented through anodizing treatment or plasma electrolytic oxidation.
- the surface of the aluminum substrate is oxidized due to oxygen generated at the anode under the condition that the aluminum substrate is used as the anode and electricity is allowed to flow in the electrolyte, thereby obtaining a dense yet porous alumina film having superior mechanical properties.
- the plurality of pores, which are formed in the surface of the aluminum substrate, are dependent on the temperature and voltage in the anodizing process, and the average pore size increases in proportion to an increase in the temperature and voltage.
- the thickness of the oxide film, which is formed on the surface of the aluminum substrate depends on the temperature and voltage in the anodizing process, and the film thickness increases in proportion to an increase in the temperature and voltage.
- the surface of the aluminum substrate may be anodized under various temperature and voltage conditions, thus forming the porous oxide film having an average pore size suitable for end use as the aluminum substrate and a thickness able to maintain sufficient strength.
- the oxide film is preferably formed to a thickness of 10 to 20 ⁇ m on the surface of the aluminum substrate, and is provided in the form of a porous oxide film having an average pore size of 30 to 100 nm, thereby facilitating the absorption of the corrosion inhibitor that is to be applied in the subsequent procedure.
- the surface of the aluminum substrate is anodized at 10 to 30° C. at a voltage of 30 to 100 V for 1 to 3 hr, whereby the porous oxide film having a uniform pore size is formed on the surface of the aluminum substrate.
- the oxide film formed on the surface of the aluminum substrate is too thin.
- the above temperature is higher than 30° C., the current density applied to the pores formed in the surface of the aluminum substrate is further increased, and thus the pores are continuously grown in a direction perpendicular to the surface of the aluminum substrate, undesirably increasing the thickness of the oxide film.
- the anodizing process is preferably carried out.
- the anodizing process is preferably carried out.
- anodizing treatment is carried out at 25° C. at 40 V for 3 hr, whereby the porous oxide film having a uniform pore size is formed on the surface of the aluminum substrate.
- (b) is a step of applying the corrosion inhibitor on the surface of the aluminum substrate having the porous oxide film formed thereon.
- the corrosion inhibitor particularly a non-aqueous corrosion inhibitor is applied on the surface of the aluminum substrate having the porous oxide film formed thereon and is thus absorbed through the pores of the porous oxide film, thereby forming a coating layer having improved corrosion resistance and anti-fouling efficiency.
- the corrosion inhibitor may be an oil-type corrosion inhibitor that includes a petroleum-based solvent.
- the oil-type corrosion inhibitor may be obtained in a manner in which an environmentally friendly metal salt having high corrosion resistance and heat resistance, such as silicon, silver, magnesium, vanadium, zirconium, titanium, or hafnium, is alkalized with sodium hydroxide, potassium hydroxide or a mixture thereof and then mixed with a petroleum-based solvent or organic synthetic oil, thereby maximizing the corrosion resistance and anti-fouling effects of the surface-treated aluminum substrate.
- an environmentally friendly metal salt having high corrosion resistance and heat resistance such as silicon, silver, magnesium, vanadium, zirconium, titanium, or hafnium
- a petroleum-based solvent or organic synthetic oil thereby maximizing the corrosion resistance and anti-fouling effects of the surface-treated aluminum substrate.
- a variety of known lubricating corrosion inhibitors such as NP-7, NP-8, NP-9 and NP-10, may be used.
- the oil-type corrosion inhibitor preferably has a viscosity of 1 to 1000 cP.
- the corrosion inhibitor When the corrosion inhibitor having the viscosity within the above range is applied on the surface of the aluminum substrate, the corrosion inhibitor is provided in the form of a coating layer at a thickness of 10 ⁇ m or more on the surface of the aluminum substrate while being absorbed into the pores of the oxide film.
- the oil-type corrosion inhibitor is further mixed with a viscosity controller so as to adjust the degree of absorption of the corrosion inhibitor into the pores in the porous oxide film formed on the surface of the aluminum substrate, thereby controlling the absorption efficiency and thickness of the coating layer.
- the corrosion inhibitor coating layer which is formed while being absorbed into the micropores in the oxide film, may exhibit superior corrosion resistance and anti-fouling effects because the retention time of the corrosion inhibitor on the surface of the aluminum substrate is increased and thus corrosion resistance and breakdown potential are increased, compared to aluminum substrates obtained through conventional surface treatment methods using only a corrosion inhibitor coating process.
- the surface of the aluminum substrate is coated with the corrosion inhibitor using a process such as spray coating, screen printing, brushing or dipping.
- the present step may further comprise homogenizing the surface of the aluminum substrate, after applying the corrosion inhibitor on the surface of the aluminum substrate having the oxide film formed thereon.
- the homogenizing treatment is performed in a manner such that the coating layer is uniformly diffused in the oxide film using a variety of known metal surface heat-treatment processes on the surface of the aluminum substrate having the coating layer formed thereon, thereby forming the coating layer at a uniform thickness on the surface of the aluminum substrate.
- the corrosion inhibitor coating layer is formed while being absorbed into the micropores in the oxide film, the retention time thereof on the surface of the aluminum substrate is increased, thus increasing corrosion resistance and breakdown potential, ultimately exhibiting superior corrosion resistance and anti-fouling effects, compared to aluminum substrates obtained through conventional surface treatment methods using only a corrosion inhibitor coating process.
- the method of treating the surface of the aluminum substrate according to the present invention enables the corrosion resistance and anti-fouling effects of offshore equipment, which is constantly exposed to seawater and marine conditions, to be increased, thus enhancing the performance of offshore equipment utilized in ships or marine plants, whereby economical industrial effects can be expected.
- the aluminum substrate was disposed as an anode in an electrolyte containing 0.3 M oxalic acid and sulfuric acid, and the aluminum substrate was subjected to anodizing treatment at 25° C. at a voltage of 40 V for 3 hr.
- the surface of the anodized aluminum substrate was observed using FE-SEM. The results are shown in FIGS. 1A and 1B .
- the anodized aluminum substrate was confirmed to have the porous oxide film layer formed thereon.
- each of a non-aqueous corrosion inhibitor oil-type
- NP-1 solvent dilution-type
- anti-corrosive petrolactam semisolid-type
- water H 2 O
- the aluminum substrate onto which the solvent dilution-type corrosion inhibitor was dropped a portion of the solvent dilution-type corrosion inhibitor was absorbed into the oxide film layer.
- the corrosion inhibitor was not significantly absorbed.
- the oil-type corrosion inhibitor manifested the greatest adsorption properties for coating of the aluminum substrate.
- a non-aqueous corrosion inhibitor was sprayed onto one surface of the anodized aluminum substrate using a spray coating process, thus forming the coating layer on the surface of the aluminum substrate, whereby the surface of the aluminum substrate was subjected to corrosion resistance and anti-fouling treatment.
- the surface of an aluminum substrate was subjected to corrosion resistance and anti-fouling treatment in the same manner as in the above example, with the exception that anodizing treatment was not performed.
- the oil-type corrosion inhibitor was applied while being absorbed into the oxide film on the surface of the aluminum substrate, thus inducing metal oxidation at a higher potential. Furthermore, the breakdown potential of the aluminum substrate was higher than that of the aluminum substrate that was surface-treated using the method of Comparative Example. Therefore, when the aluminum substrate having the oxide film formed using the method of Example was coated with the corrosion inhibitor, the corrosion resistance and anti-fouling efficiency of the aluminum substrate were increased.
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