| Synthesis and Characterization of Cresol based Benzoxazine–Polyurethane Copolymer for Anti-corrosion Performance of Mild Steel |
C. Usha*, , M. Sivaraju and P. Shanmugasundaram |
PG & Research Department of Chemistry, Thiruvalluvar Governement Arts College (Affiliated to Periyar University), Rasipuram, Namakkal-637401, India
*Corresponding author: E-mail: tkr_jai@hotmail.com |
| Abstract
The cresol based polymeric materials were synthesized by using benzoxazine and polyurethanes as copolymer. Three copolymers were synthesized by varying the quantity of polyurethane content and studied their corrosion inhibition properties. The synthesized monomer, which has cresol as the center core was characterized by the NMR, FT-IR and UV-visible spectroscopic methods. All the obtained benzoxazine polymers were also analyzed by the FT-IR and UV-visible spectroscopy. In relation to corrosion inhibition studies, Tafel and impedance experiments were conducted, revealing that benzoxazine-polymer with a higher polyurethane content has improved anti-corrosive characteristics. Additionally, the physical properties of the materials were also studied such as water absorption and gel content studies. Furthermore, the density functional theory calculation was also carried out for the monomer, which explores the better results that are matched with the other experimental studies. |
| Keywords
Cresol, Benzoxazine, Polyurethane, Co-polymer, Corrosion inhibition, DFT. |
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