Shandong Taixing New Materials Co., Ltd. specializes in the production of environmentally friendly zinc borate flame retardants--Zinc borate, as an important inorganic compound, plays a crucial role in flame retardancy, sterilization, and corrosion prevention. This white powdery substance may seem mild, but it has raised concerns about its corrosiveness.
From a chemical perspective, zinc borate does have a certain degree of corrosiveness. Its aqueous solution is weakly acidic and can react with active metals, posing a corrosion risk to certain metal materials. But this corrosiveness is far from reaching a "high" level. At room temperature, zinc borate has a relatively slow corrosive effect on most metals, and its corrosiveness is significantly enhanced only under high temperature or high concentration conditions.
The corrosiveness of zinc borate is closely related to its usage environment. In a dry environment, it hardly exhibits corrosiveness; In humid environments, its corrosiveness will be enhanced. This characteristic makes the application of zinc borate in flame retardant materials highly favored, as it can exert flame retardant effects without causing serious corrosion to the material.
In practical applications, through reasonable formula design and process control, the corrosion risk of zinc borate can be effectively avoided. For example, when adding an appropriate amount of zinc borate as a flame retardant in plastic products, other additives are usually used in combination to neutralize its acidity and reduce corrosion to processing equipment.
The corrosiveness of zinc borate is more like a double-edged sword. In the field of flame retardancy, moderate corrosiveness actually helps to improve the flame retardancy of materials; In the field of anti-corrosion, its mild corrosiveness can be used for metal surface treatment to enhance the adhesion of coatings. This seemingly contradictory characteristic precisely reflects the complexity and multifaceted nature of chemical substances.
The research on the corrosiveness of zinc borate is still ongoing. Scientists are exploring the use of nanotechnology, surface modification, and other methods to further regulate its corrosion characteristics and expand its application scope. This exploration not only helps us better understand zinc borate, but also provides ideas for developing new functional materials.
