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CHEMICAL ENGINEERING COMMUNICATIONS
Volume 203, Issue 2, Pages 270-277Publisher
TAYLOR & FRANCIS INC
DOI: 10.1080/00986445.2014.993469
Keywords
Acid corrosion; Adsorption; Carbon steel; Green inhibitor; Mentha rotundifolia oil
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- Deanship of Scientific Research at King Saud University [RGP-VPP-089]
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The corrosion inhibition potentials of Mentha rotundifolia oil on carbon steel in 1MHCl was studied at different concentrations via gravimetric, electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS) and potentiodynamic polarization techniques. Polarization curves reveal that Mentha rotundifolia oil is a mixed-type inhibitor. Changes in impedance parameters (charge transfer resistance R-t, and double-layer capacitance C-dl) were indicative of adsorption of Mentha rotundifolia on the metal surface, leading to the formation of a protective film. The effect of the temperature on the corrosion behavior with addition of the optimal concentration of Mentha rotundifolia oil was studied in the temperature range 308 and 338 K. Adsorption of oil on the carbon steel surface is found to obey the Langmuir adsorption isotherm. Attempts to explain the inhibitory action were carried out using density functional theory (DFT) at B3LYP/6-31G(d, p) level. Quantum chemical parameters most relevant to its potential action as corrosion inhibitor such as E-HOMO (highest occupied molecular orbital energy), E-LUMO (lowest unoccupied molecular orbital energy), energy gap (Delta E), and Mulliken charges have been calculated and discussed. The theoretical results were found to be consistent with the experimental data.
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