Salt spray and EIS studies on HDI microcapsule-based self-healing anticorrosive coatings

Anticorrosive property of hexamethylene diisocyanate microcapsule-based self-healing coatings was systematically investigated by salt spray and EIS measurements. The influences of microcapsule diameter, weight fraction and coating thickness on the anticorrosive performance of the scratched samples were studied under salt spray condition, which revealed the thicker coatings with larger microcapsules at 10 wt.% demonstrated the best anticorrosion behavior. Additionally, the kinetics of self-healing process characterized by EIS measurement was parametrically analyzed in an equivalent circuit when the scratched coating was exposed to salt solution. A simplified model was established to explain the influences of these factors with consideration of scratch dimension. (C) 2013 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.