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MATERIALS CHEMISTRY AND PHYSICS
Volume 296, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE SA
DOI: 10.1016/j.matchemphys.2023.127313
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Copper-nickel; Corrosion inhibitor; Passive film; Pyrazine; EIS
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2,3-pyrazine dicarboxylic acid (PDA), when mixed with potassium iodide (KI), shows promising efficiency as a corrosion inhibitor for Cu-Ni alloys in 2% HCl. An optimum PDA concentration of 1500 ppm provides protection against corrosion, with an average impact of 39% on 90Cu-10Ni and 55% on 70Cu-30Ni. The addition of 5 mM KI significantly enhances the efficiency of PDA, reaching 73% (90Cu-10Ni)/92% (70Cu-30Ni) at room temperature.
Pyrazine derivatives are efficient environmentally-safe chemicals for protecting metallic materials against corrosion during industrial acid cleaning. However, they have been mostly investigated for steel-based materials, which limits their versatility. Therefore, assessing their efficiency for protecting other important industrial alloys, like the Cu-Ni alloys employed in industrial heat exchangers, is also necessary. Herein, we investigated 2,3pyrazine dicarboxylic acid (PDA), singly and mixed with potassium iodide (KI), as a promising inhibitor against the corrosion of 90Cu-10Ni and 70Cu-30Ni alloys in 2% HCl. Based on short-term weight loss, electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS) and potentiodynamic polarization (PDP) measurements, an optimum PDA concentration (1500 ppm) impacted average of 39% and 55% on 90Cu-10Ni and 70Cu-30Ni, respectively. These values, however, depreciated slightly after 72 h. Through cooperative synergism, the addition of 5 mM KI significantly boosted PDA efficiency to 73% (90Cu-10Ni)/92% (70Cu-30Ni) at room temperature, and 51% (90Cu-10Ni)/63% (70Cu-30Ni) at 60 degrees C. PDA is a mixed-type corrosion inhibitor with slightly more anodic impact on 70Cu-30Ni but cathodic effect on 90Cu-10Ni. This mechanism translates into more efficient surface microstructural protection for 70Cu-30Ni than 90Cu-10Ni, based on SEM characterization.
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