Ghazal Sadat Sajadi, Fatemeh Salmanian, Razieh Naghizade, Seyed Mohammad Ali Hosseini
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Abstract
The inhibitive effect of lemon verbena (lemon v.) extract as a green corrosion inhibitor (CI) for mild steel (st37) in 0.5 M H2SO4 and 1 M HCl media at room temperature is investigated by employing electrochemical current noise (ECN), electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS), potentiodynamic polarization, and scanning electron microscopy (SEM). The achievements demonstrated that the inhibition efficiency increases with increasing the extract concentration up to 2000 ppm in 0.5 M H2SO4 and up to 2500 ppm in 1 M HCl solutions and decreases with an increase in temperature. The ECN results show when Lemon V. extract is included to both acidic media, the values of commotion charges (Q) diminished. The least value of the Q is 15 and 60 mCoul in H2SO4 and HCl media, respectively. The EIS measurements depicted that by addition of the inhibitors up to a certain concentration, the charge transfer resistance increases up to 186 Ω cm−2 in H2SO4 and 350 Ω cm−2 in HCl, besides the double layer capacitance (Cdl) decreases. Potentiodynamic polarization assessments indicated that Lemon V. acts as mixed type inhibitor. Certain thermodynamic parameters were determined based on the temperature impact on inhibition and corrosion processes. The extract adsorption on the surface of the alloy follow the Langmuir adsorption pattern. A mixed mode of adsorption was observed, wherein the extract in H2SO4 and HCl predominantly underwent chemisorption. Thermodynamic parameters indicated spontaneous adsorption and exothermic process with increasing entropy in H2SO4 and decreasing entropy in HCl. SEM investigation also validated the adsorption performance of the inhibitor.
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International Journal of Electrochemical Science is a peer-reviewed, open access journal that publishes original research articles, short communications as well as review articles in all areas of electrochemistry: Scope - Theoretical and Computational Electrochemistry - Processes on Electrodes - Electroanalytical Chemistry and Sensor Science - Corrosion - Electrochemical Energy Conversion and Storage - Electrochemical Engineering - Coatings - Electrochemical Synthesis - Bioelectrochemistry - Molecular Electrochemistry