Studying the Active Corrosion Inhibition Effect of the Ce3+/2-Mercaptobenzothiazole Loaded NaY Zeolite/Zn-Al LDH Based Containers in a Silane Coating

In the present study, the corrosion protective ability of the sol-gel based composite coatings containing two-different types of the cationic/anionic based inhibitors loaded containers. For this purpose, the NaY zeolite and Zn-Al Layered double hydroxides (LDHs) containers were loaded with Ce3+ cations and 2- mercaptobenzothiazole (MBT) separately. The morphology and composition of the constructed micro/nanocontainers were studied using analytical methods, confirming the successful loading of the inhibitors. In this study, the Ce3+/MBT inhibitors were successfully introduced into the LDH/NaY-based zeolite containers.Results evidenced that the combination of the two inhibitors has a constructive effect on the active protection of the AA2024-T3 sheets. SEM micrographs of the unfilled LDH and stupefaction with MBT show that the prepared LDHs have sheet-like morphology. The addition of single-inhibitor filled containers to the sol-gel hybrid coating, and water-based epoxy coating provided active protection for the AA2024-T3 coated substrate. However, the combination of the filled containers with the inhibitor in the above-mentioned coatings resulted in the improvement of the active protection of the substrate, which confirms the synergy between the particles. The NaY containers loaded with the Ce3+ resulted in a significant increase of the |Z|0.01 Hz of the gel-sol hybrid coatings, which indicates the formation of a stable oxide layer with higher resistance. Whereas the |Z|0.01 Hz of the hybrid sol-gel coatings loaded with LDH-MBT were in the same range as the NaY-Ce loaded coatings,  containing NaY-Ce and LDH-MBT, showed the highest |Z|0.01 Hz values that indicate the synergy between the inorganic (Ce3+) and organic (MBT) inhibitors in sol-gel hybrid coatings.