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Abstract

Inhibition Effect of Some Organic Compounds Toward the Corrosion of Steel Electrode in Citric Acid Solution Infected by Way of Chloride Ions

A. Diab1,2 and S. M. Abd El-Haleem1

DOI : http://dx.doi.org/10.13005/ojc/330438


Abstract:

The chemistry behavior of steel electrode in acid  solutions has been studied   by  galvanostatic polarization technique. The consequences of concentrations of acid and temperature of solutionare  examined.  It  was found  that  greater  the citric acidconcentration  or reducing of temperature of the solution assist the passivation process. The values oficorrdecreased with greater  concentrations of citric acid solutions and lowering of  the temperature of solution. The free activation  energy  of  passive  film  formed  is  determined and found  to be 7.45 kJ/mole. Addition of   increasing  concentrations  of some aggressive anions such as  Cl-  and  SO4--  was  also  investigated.  With increasing concentrations of those anions result in the destruction of the passive film due to  the increasing of corrosion current density, icorr, and therefore the shift of corrosion potential, Ecorr, to more negative potentials. Trials had been made to inhibit the corrosion process via including a few organic compounds as, urea, phenylhydrazin and 1,2-phenylenediamine.

Keywords:

Steel; Citric acid; Passivation; Galvanostatic; Kinetic; Parameters

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