Synthesis and characterization of anticorrosion, low-lead leaching PbCrO4/eggshell composites as the environmentally sustainable yellow pigments

Zamani, Azimeh; Eavani, Sara; Rafiee, Ezzat

Synthesis and characterization of anticorrosion, low-lead leaching PbCrO4/eggshell composites as the environmentally sustainable yellow pigments

2021

Zamani, Azimeh | Eavani, Sara | Rafiee, Ezzat

The hazardous effects of PbCrO₄ were the motivation for investigation of the possible us of low-lead leaching PbCrO₄ based pigments. Eggshell, as the strong low-cost adsorbent of lead, is a suitable choice for the synthesis of low-lead leaching PbCrO₄/eggshell composite pigments. Starting from this point, in this work, a series of composite pigments, X–PbCr/ES (X = 10, 30, 40, 50), consist of different weight percentages of PbCrO₄ and eggshell powder as an inexpensive waste were prepared. A range of compositions was prepared and characterized. The composite pigments showed good yellow color, with the b∗ value using the CIELAB 1976 system being around 80. PbCr/ES composites are semiconductors with band gaps of 2.3–2.4 eV. The leaching stability of the pigments was investigated in natural, acidic, and alkali aqueous solutions. The release of Pb(II) in acidic solution was higher than natural and alkali solutions. The presence of NaCl also favors the leaching process. These pigments showed significantly lower lead leaching levels in comparison with PbCrO₄. The corrosion efficiencies of the pigments were studied using electrochemical impedance spectroscopy. The PbCr/ES pigments showed good corrosion performances related to the diffusion resistance of eggshell and the corrosion inhibition of PbCrO₄. The low-lead leaching of the composite pigments coupled with their anticorrosive behavior makes the developed pigment ideal as the alternative to PbCrO₄-based pigments with a wide variety of applications.

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