Trifunctional epoxy resin as anticorrosive material for carbon steel in 1 M HCl: Experimental and computational studies

H. Erramli, O. Dagdag, Zaki Safi, Nuha Wazzan, Lei Guo, S. Abbout, Eno Ebenso, Chandrabhan Verma*, Rajesh Haldhar, M. El Gouri

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Abstract

In this study, inhibition effect of a trifunctional epoxy resin (designated as TGEAP) on carbon steel (CS) corrosion is evaluated using different techniques. Electrochemical demonstrations showed that TGEAP showed optimum efficiency of 90 % at 10−3M concentration. Mixed- and interface-type behaviour of TGEAP was confirmed by polarization and electrochemical impedance spectroscopic (EIS) studies, respectively. Effect of temperature on anticorrosive effect of TGEAP was also studied and results showed that decrease in the protection efficiency was observed with rise in the temperature. Computational modelings analyses were adopted to describe the interactions between metallic surface and TGEAP molecules. Results showed that TGEAP interacts through donor-acceptor interactions and acquires nearly flat orientation on metallic surface.

Original languageEnglish
Article number100707
JournalSurfaces and Interfaces
Volume21
DOIs
StatePublished - Dec 2020

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Keywords

  • Carbon steel
  • Corrosion inhibition
  • Epoxy resin
  • LANGMUIR adsorption isotherm DFT and MD simulations
  • Mixed type

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Surfaces, Coatings and Films

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