Journal
APPLIED SURFACE SCIENCE
Volume 252, Issue 12, Pages 4190-4197Publisher
ELSEVIER
DOI: 10.1016/j.apsusc.2005.06.035
Keywords
electrochemical impedance spectroscopy; steel; pyrazine; inhibition; corrosion; sulphuric acid
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This paper describes the use of the electrochemical impedance spectroscopy technique (EIS) in order to study the corrosion inhibition process of steel in 0.5 M H2SO4 Solution at the open circuit potential (OCP). Diethyl pyrazine-2,3-dicarboxylate (Prz) as a non-ionic surfactant (NS) inhibitor has been examined. The Nyquist diagrams consisted of a capacitive semicircle at high frequencies followed by a well-defined inductive loop at low frequency values. The impedance measurements were interpreted according to suitable equivalent circuits. The results obtained showed that the Prz is a good inhibitor. The inhibition efficiency increases with an increase in the surfactant concentration to attain 80% at the 5 x 10(-3)M. Prz is adsorbed on the steel surface according to a Langmuir isotherm adsorption model. (c) 2005 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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