Green corrosion inhibitor for oilfield application II: The time–evolution effect on the sweet corrosion of API X60 steel in synthetic brine and the inhibition performance of 2-(2-pyridyl) benzimidazole under turbulent hydrodynamics

  • Ikenna B. Onyeachu
  • , Ime Bassey Obot*
  • , Akeem Y. Adesina
  • *Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

Time–evolution study of 2-(2-pyridyl) benzimidazole (2PB) as CO2 corrosion inhibitor for API X60 steel under hydrodynamic conditions in a synthetic brine solution has been undertaken. Electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS) and potentiodynamic polarization (PDP) techniques were employed for this study. The results indicate that 2.56 mM of 2PB could provide up to 88.3 % inhibition efficiency after 12 h at 4000 rpm in the synthetic brine solution. The addition of 0.14 mM thiobarbituric acid (TBA) significantly enhances 2PB performance to 95.6 % using PDP. ATR-IR, SEM and optical image characterizations confirm that 2PB adsorption suppresses the localized corrosion of the steel.

Original languageEnglish
Article number108589
JournalCorrosion Science
Volume168
DOIs
StatePublished - 15 May 2020

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Keywords

  • API X60 steel
  • Barbituric acid
  • Benzimidazole
  • Electrochemistry
  • Synthetic brine

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • General Chemistry
  • General Chemical Engineering
  • General Materials Science

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