Papers by Author: Kunio Mori

Abstract: An organic compound of dihexyl-contained triazine dithiol was specially synthesized for surface modification of magnesium alloy AZ91 in order to improve its corrosion resistance. The nano-scale polymer film on the surface of AZ91 was created with the synthesized compound by means of electrochemical measuring system called as polymer plating in the electrolytic solution. The modified surface of AZ91 had the peculiar functional characteristic of water repellency to inhibit corrosion. Corrosion tests were carried out with methods of polarization curve and electrochemical impedance. The corrosion resistance was evaluated from corrosive current density and reactive resistance. When concentration of the compound was set on 8 mol/m3, the good corrosion resistance was obtained for low corrosive current density and high reactive resistance in NaCl aqueous solution at 303K.

Abstract: A novel technique was developed for direct joining between ethylene propylene rubber and high ductile spheroidal-graphite cast iron using functional polymeric nanofilm without any adhesive. The functional polymeric nanofilm was created on the surface of cast iron by means of polymer plating with a synthesized organic compound of 6-diallylamino-1,3,5-triazine-2,4-dithiol monosodium salt. High peel strength joints of the rubber to polymer-plated cast iron were achieved by adding an accelerating agent of perhexane 3M under crosslinking condition of 418 K for 7 min. As the thickness of polymeric nanofilm was around 8.5 nm, peel strength of the joints was high to 8.9 kN/m and its broken-out section was rubber cohesive failure with 100% rubber coverage. Rubber/cast iron joints possessed good heat-resistant property. The film thickness and perhexane content had large effects on water resistance of joints. It is considered that high joining property results from chemical bond at interface between polymer-plated cast iron and rubber chain.