Abstract
The inhibition effect of three diheteroaryl thioethers (DHATs) namely 5,5'-thiobis (4-phenylthiazol-2amine) (DHAT-1), 4,4'-(5,5'-thiobis(2-aminothiozole-5,4-diyl)) diphenol (DHAT-2) and 4,4'-(5,5'-thiobis(2-aminothiazole-5,4-diyl))bis (benzene-1,3-diol) (DHAT-3) on mild steel corrosion in 1 M HCl was studied by weight loss, electrochemical, scanning electron microscopy (SEM), atomic force microscopy (AFM) and theoretical calculation methods. Among the studied compounds DHAT-3 exhibited maximum inhibition efficiency (η%) of 96.99% at 11.2 × 10-5 mol/L concentration. The potentiodynamic studies revealed that investigated DHATs act as mixed type inhibitors. Adsorption of the DHATs on the mild steel surface in 1 M HCl obeys the Langmuir adsorption isotherm. The results of theoretical calculation, SEM and AFM studies were found to be consistent with the weight loss and electrochemical results.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 127-140 |
| Number of pages | 14 |
| Journal | Journal of the Taiwan Institute of Chemical Engineers |
| Volume | 58 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - 1 Jan 2016 |
| Externally published | Yes |
Bibliographical note
Publisher Copyright:© 2015 Taiwan Institute of Chemical Engineers.
Keywords
- Acid solution
- EIS
- Mild steel
- Quantum chemical calculation
- SEM/AFM
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- General Chemistry
- General Chemical Engineering