Globular
structured oleo alkyds possess low viscosity, good fluidity,
and play an important role in the generation of volatile organic compound
(VOC) free paints and coatings. Soya oil (SO), an abundant, inexpensive,
renewable, and sustainable material is one of the examples of such
oleo alkyd precursors that meets the requirement of green chemistry.
The present work reports the synthesis of hyperbranched soya alkyd
based nanocomposite coatings and their corrosion inhibition efficiency.
Hyperbranched alkyd (HBA) was synthesized using SO, pentaerythritol,
and phthalic anhydride. The magnetite (Fe3O4) nanoparticles were dispersed via sonication in butylated melamine
formaldehyde (BMF) modified HBA (HBA–BMF) to formulate the
nanocomposite (HBA–BMF–Fe3O4)
anticorrosive coatings. The ASTM methods were used to evaluate structural,
morphological, physicomechanical, thermal, electrochemical, and anticorrosive
properties of these coatings. The HBA has a globular structure with
the good degree of branching (DOB = 0.69). HBA–BMF and HBA–BMF–Fe3O4 nanocomposite coatings showed good flexibility
and physicomechanical properties. The inclusion of Fe3O4 nanoparticles enhanced the load bearing capacity of nanocomposite
coatings by dissipating the instantaneous energy in scratch and impact
tests. Electrochemical corrosion studies revealed that the HBA–BMF–Fe3O4 nanocomposite coatings exhibit superior corrosion
resistance performance (impedance = 107 Ω and corrosion
rate 1.0 × 10–4 mils per year (mpy) than that
of HBA–BMF and other similar reported coating systems.