This proposal seeks to support NDSC’s mission, vision, and core values by using soybean extracts as corrosion inhibiting additives to commercially available poly(vinylidene fluoride-co-hexafluoropropylene) (PVDF-HFP) coatings. The soybean extracts will be obtained through a technically and economically feasible extraction approach developed by our research group. The addition of soybean extracts to PVDF-HFP coatings is expected to increase the fluoropolymer’s corrosion resistance and overall surface adhesion strength.
We believe that this newly proposed utility of soy is important to the ND soybean farming community as the increasingly specific end-use and environmental requirements are currently influencing the growth of demand for green anti-corrosion additives made from sustainable natural resources. In 2021, the global corrosion inhibitor market value was worth US$ 8 billion and is projected to garner by US$ 2 billion in the year 2026. Likewise, the global market for corrosion resistant coatings was valued at US$ 13.5 billion in 2020 and is estimated to increase to up to US$ 20 billion in 2027. The corrosion inhibiting additives that we will be developing from soybeans can benefit from these market growths and increase soybean demand, which will further the farmers’ productivity and revenue.
My research group at NDSU specializes on the fabrication of advanced protective coatings, development of new groups of corrosion-preventing materials, and utility of electrochemical approaches to evaluating coatings’ corrosion protection. If successful, the obtained soybean extracts can be used as less expensive and more eco-friendly corrosion inhibiting additives to many fluoropolymers and other low adhesion strength polymer coating materials.