Journal
CORROSION
Volume 58, Issue 5, Pages 399-407Publisher
NATL ASSOC CORROSION ENG
DOI: 10.5006/1.3277629
Keywords
adsorption; electrochemical impedance spectroscopy; mild steel; polarization curve; structure activity; triazole; weight loss
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The corrosion inhibition of mild steel by some new synthesized triazole organic-type compounds, the 3,5-di(n-toly)-4-amino-1,2,4-triazoles (n-DTAT: n = 2, 3, 4), was investigated in I M hydrochloric acid (HCl) and 0.5 M sulfuric, acid (H2SO4) using weight loss measurements, electrochemical impedance, spectroscopy, and polarization curves. The ability of the n-DTAT to inhibit the corrosion of mild steel was dependent on the position of the methyl (CH3) group on the tolyl substituent. The inhibition efficiency of the tested compounds was found to decrease as follows: 4-DTAT > 3-DTAT > 2-DTAT. Polarization curve studies showed that 4-DTAT is a mixed-type inhibitor in 1 M HCl and cathodic-type in 0.5 M H2SO4. This inhibitor acted on the cathodic reaction without changing the mechanism of the hydrogen evolution reaction. Study of the effect of temperature showed that the inhibitor efficiency does not depend on temperature. Apparent activation energies were determined. The 4-DTAT appeared to function. through the general adsorption mode following the Langmuir adsorption isotherm model in acidic media. The electronic properties of isomers of DTAT obtained using the Hartree Flock AB initio 3-21G quantum chemical approach, were correlated with their experimental efficiencies.
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