A study of differential polarization curves and thermodynamic properties for mild steel in acidic solution with nitrophenyltriazole derivative

The nitrophenyltriazole derivative, namely 2-[1,2,4]-triazole-methyl-4-acetyl-5-nitrophenyl-[1,3,4]-oxadiazole (TMANO) was synthesized and its inhibiting action on the corrosion of mild steel in 0.5 M H2SO4 solution was investigated by weight loss test, electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS), potentiodynamic polarization and scanning electron microscopy (SEM). The selective desorption of TMANO from mild steel surface was also studied by the differential polarization curves. Both thermodynamic and kinetic parameters were calculated and discussed. The results showed that the adsorption of TMANO on steel surface obeys the Langmuir adsorption isotherm. The calculated values of Delta H-ads(0) and Delta S-ads(0) indicated that the adsorption process of TMANO on steel surface was exothermic and accompanied by a decrease in entropy. (c) 2012 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.