Contaminação com sal de cloreto e cromatização da superfície do aço zincado no processo não-contínuo de zincagem por imersão a quente: influência no desempenho de tintas e determinação de pré-tratamentos para pintura adequados. / Chloride salt contamination and chromate quenching of galvanized steel on the batch galvanizing process: the influence on paint performance and the determination of suitable surface preparation for painting.

Jean Vicente Ferrari

The batch galvanizing process (BGP) can lead to surface contamination of hot-dip galvanized steel (HDGS) with chloride residues. If these residues are not effectively eliminated, they can influence negatively on the performance of duplex systems (galvanizing plus painting). It is known that the chromate quenching is widely used in the BGP, however the effect of this post-treatment on the performance of duplex systems is not well established yet. In this sense, this work aimed: I to verify the contamination degree of HDGS with chloride salt due to the BGP itself; II to verify the effects of the chloride salt contamination and chromate quenching on the performance of paints applied on HDGS; and III to determine the suitable surface preparation for painting in order for obtaining a good paint performance applied on HDGS. The adopted methodology to achieve goal I involved the galvanizing of steel plates in different service renderings with BGP, in different conditions. These HDGS plates were submitted to the qualitative energy dispersive microanalyses (EDS) in scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and to the determination of superficial chloride contents by the boiling water extraction method. From the obtained results, the conditions in the BGP that potentially lead to greater surface contamination of HDGS with chloride salt were determined. Thus, to achieve goals II and III, steel plates were galvanized under the maximum chloride salt contamination condition and part of them were submitted to chromate quenching. After that, a great part of these HDGS plates (chromated or non chromated quenching) was submitted to the surface preparations for painting through organic solvent cleaning, high pressure hydroblasting, sweep blasting and handled scrub cleaning with an abrasive sponge and hot distilled water. Finally, the HDGS plates, including those not submitted to the surface preparations for painting, were painted with one coat of primer plus one coat of finishing paint. The HDGS painted plates were submitted to accelerated (distilled water immersion and humidity chamber exposure) and non accelerated (atmospheric exposure) corrosion tests and their performance were verified by means of traditional tests (degree of blistering and paint adhesion) and electrochemical measurements (open circuit potential, polarization curve and electrochemical impedance spectroscopy E.I.S.). Before painting, some HDGS plates were submitted to tests for physical (microstructural and morphological analyses in MEV and surface roughness), chemical (EDS, X-ray diffraction and superficial chloride contents by the boiling water extraction method) and electrochemical characterization. The obtained results allowed verifying that the additional application of solid ammonium chloride salt during the BGP tends to increase the degree of superficial chloride contamination of the HDGS and, the water and/or chromate quenching also contribute for this contamination. In general, the chromated HDGS presented worst performances. The high pressure hydroblasting and the handled scrub cleaning with an abrasive sponge and hot distilled water were the surface preparations for painting that provided the best performances of paint systems.

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