Determination of the Phosphate Quality of Automotive Organic Coatings on Different Steel Substrates by Electrochemical Impedance Spectroscopy 912299
Various steel substrates which were processed under different pretreatment conditions and coated with automotive paint systems, were investigated by electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS). The impedances of damaged and undamaged organic coatings on cold rolled steel were measured in an aqueous sodium chloride solution. These results were compared with two conventional accelerated exposure tests, the High Temperature Chipping Corrosion Test (HTCCT), and the modified Volvo outdoor exposure test. The chipped organic coatings on cold rolled steel, electrogalvanized zinc, ZnFe electrogalvanized, and ZnFe hot dip galvanized were then investigated by EIS. An inhomogeneous three-dimensional surface model was used to analyze the EIS data and characterize the corrosion protection of the paint/phosphate/metal system. The fraction of the total test area which had undergone paint delamination and corrosion was calculated from the model results. Agreement with the paint loss results from HTCCT and Volvo tests was obtained. The EIS is shown to be a useful and reliable tool to evaluate phosphate quality, and the corrosion performance of painted automotive sheet steels.
Citation: Ruiz, K. and Davidson, D., "Determination of the Phosphate Quality of Automotive Organic Coatings on Different Steel Substrates by Electrochemical Impedance Spectroscopy," SAE Technical Paper 912299, 1991, https://doi.org/10.4271/912299. Download Citation
Author(s):
Kim-Hang Ruiz, Dennis D. Davidson
Pages: 15
Event:
SAE Automotive Corrosion and Prevention Conference and Exposition
ISSN:
0148-7191
e-ISSN:
2688-3627
Also in:
Proceedings of the 5th Automotive Corrosion and Prevention Conference-P-250, SAE 1991 Transactions - Materials & Manufacturing-V100-5
Related Topics:
Scale models
Steel
Coatings, colorants, and finishes
Corrosion
Sodium
Metals
Spectroscopy
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