Abstract
The desalination plants wieldy used CuNi alloys. However, it faces a fundamental corrosion problem in a 3.5% NaCl solution containing sulfide ions. In this research, we have examined ionic liquid's corrosion and bacterial inhibition activity, i.e., 1-Dodecyl-3-methylimidazolium iodide (IMD-IL). The obtained data from weight loss and electrochemical reveals the corrosion inhibitive performance of IMD-IL is 96.8% at 100 mg/L. The EIS suggests increasing the charge transfer resistance and film resistance with increasing IMD-IL amount, supporting the inhibitive action of IMD-IL molecules. The biological activity results reveal the deactivation of SRB action after the addition of IMD-IL molecules. The SEM and EDX studies support the IMD-IL adsorption onto the CuNi surface. The molecular docking results confirmed that IMD-IL could bind the cytochrome c, inhibiting its activity and thereby interrupting the electron transport pathway between bacteria and the CuNi.
Original language | English |
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Article number | 109313 |
Journal | Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering |
Volume | 11 |
Issue number | 2 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Apr 2023 |
Bibliographical note
Funding Information:Research work was financed by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 52074232 ) and Sichuan Science and Technology Program (No. 2022NSFSC0028 , No. 2022NSFSC0994 ). The authors extend their appreciation to the Deanship of Scientific Research at King Khalid University for funding this work through a research group program under grant number R.G.P.1/342/43 . This work was supported by the Taif University Researchers Supporting Project grant number ( TURSP-2020/266 ), of Taif University, Taif, Saudi Arabia.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2023 Elsevier Ltd.
Keywords
- Corrosion
- CuNi
- Desalination
- SEM
- SRB
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Chemical Engineering (miscellaneous)
- Waste Management and Disposal
- Pollution
- Process Chemistry and Technology