Abstracts Book - IMRC 2018

• SB1-P057
DEVELOPMENT OF A NANOCOMPOSITE BASED ON EPOXY RESIN
AND GRAPHENE OXIDE AND ITS APPLICATIONS AS A
PROTECTIVE COATING
Brenda Irais Orea Calderón 1,2 , Jenaro Leocadio Varela Caselis 1 , Juana Deysi Santamaría Juárez 2 ,
Efraín Rubio Rosas 3
1
Benemerita Universidad Autonoma de Puebla, Centro Universitario de Vinculación y
Transferencia de Tecnología, Mexico. 2 Benemerita Universidad Autonoma de Puebla, Facultad
de Ingeniería Química, Mexico. 3 Benemerita Universidad Autonoma de Puebla, Centro de
Vinculación y Transferencia de Tecnología, Mexico.
In this study, was development a nanocomposite based on epoxy resin and
graphene oxide (epoxy/GO) with potential action as a protective coating against
corrosion. The GO was synthesized by the Hummers method and characterized
by Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR) and X-ray diffraction analysis
(XRD). Then, the epoxy/GO nanocomposite was prepared by mechanical
dispersion and ultrasound at different proportions of GO. The coatings were
applied on carbon steel metallic substrates and characterized by scanning
electron microscopy (SEM), Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR), X-ray
diffraction analysis (XRD) and thermogravimetric analysis (TGA). The corrosion
protective effect was evaluated by means of electrochemical impedance
spectroscopy (EIS). The results indicated that the formulation showed the best
physicochemical properties and performance against corrosion.
Keywords: graphene oxide, corrosion, epoxy resin
Presenting authors email: bioc_0695@hotmail.com