EDTA interfacial chelation Ca^(2+) incorporates superhydrophobic coating for scaling inhibition of CaCO_(3) in petroleum industry

In this paper,the superhydrophobic poly(vinylidene fuoride)/fuorinated ethylene propylene/SiO_(2)/CNTs-EDTA(PFSCEDTA)composite coating was successfully fabricated and applied for anti-scaling performance.The deposition of CaCO_(3) on the surface of the superhydrophobic PFSC-EDTA composite coating reached 0.0444 mg/cm^(2) for 192-h immersion into the supersaturated CaCO_(3) solution,which was only 11.4%that of the superhydrophobic PFSC composite coating.At the interface between the CaCO_(3) solution and the PFSC-EDTA coating,the Ca^(2+)could be frstly chelated by EDTA that was beneft for improving the anti-scaling performance of the superhydrophobic PFSC-EDTA composite coating.In another hand,the addition of EDTA to the CNTs played an important role in fabricating the SiO_(2)-centric and CNTs-EDTA-surrounded multilevel micro-nanostructure in the superhydrophobic PFSC-EDTA composite coating,in favor of maintaining the air flm under the water and the stability of the superhydrophobic surface.The research supplies a new way of improving antiscaling performance of superhydrophobic coating by incorporating the organic chelating agent at the interface and changing the traditional way of scale prevention.