Abstract:To cope with the corrosion problem of metal equipment caused by sudden temperature changes and abundant precipitation in the Northeast region of China and to improve the dispersibility and corrosion protection ability of graphene oxide (GO) doped in waterborne acrylic resin (AP), GO was modified using hexamethylene diisocyanate (Tri-HDI), p-phenylenediamine, polyethylene pyrrolidone (PVP) and 3-aminopropyltriethoxysilane (APTES) to improve the dispersibility, layer spacing and strength of GO, and obtain reinforced dispersion graphene oxide (RDGO). Finally, RDGO and AP were combined using wet transfer method to prepare waterborne anti-corrosion coating RDGO/AP. The physical properties and corrosion resistance of RDGO/AP coating were investigated using FTIR, Raman, XRD, SEM characterization, TGA testing, as well as electrochemical and corrosion experiments. The results showed that GO introduced new C—N groups and RDGO exhibited a two-dimensional crystal structure. The interlayer spacing was increased from 0.0761 nm to 0.1045 nm, and thus the aggregation phenomenon of GO was avoided. The starting temperature for weight loss of RDGO was 259.16 ℃ and RDGO had good thermal stability. Compared with AP coating, the water contact angle (98°) of RDGO/AP coating increased by 4°, the hardness (4H) increased by 2H, and the adhesion (level 1) increased by 2 levels. After soaking in a 3.5% NaCl solution for 14 days, the corrosion voltage of RDGO/AP coating increased by 0.479 V and the corrosion current density decreased by 1.172×10-5 A/cm2 compared with AP coating. The protection efficiency of RDGO/AP coating was up to 99.90%. The reason why RDGO/AP had good corrosion resistance was that after binding with AP, carbonyl groups on the surface of RDGO were prone to grafting with the hydrogen atoms in AP, improving the dispersibility of RDGO in the acrylic resin, strengthening the interfacial adhesion, increasing the toughness and shear strength of the coating, and elevating the adhesion between RDGO and the film-forming substrate, thereby enhancing the anti-corrosion effect of the coating.