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Drugs: On Sustainable and Green Solution for the Prevention of Metallic Corrosion

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Corrosion is a major problem in industries. It leads to tremendous economic losses in every country. It also causes accidents. Corrosion can be prevented by various practical methods, including using inhibitors. The use of organic corrosion inhibitors is one of the most popular, economical, and effective methods for the prevention of corrosion. Most of these organic inhibitors are toxic and for sustainable solution of corrosion, it is desirable to replace the toxic inhibitors by effective, potent and environment benign corrosion inhibitors. Recently, drugs have emerged as environmentally benign and effective alternatives to be used as corrosion inhibitors in place of traditional organic corrosion inhibitors. They provide reasonably high anticorrosive activity. Besides fresh drugs, expired drugs also act as effective corrosion inhibitors for metals and alloys. The performance of drugs can be further improved by chemical functionalization and the use of synergistic agents. This review presents recent literature on fresh and expired drugs as corrosion inhibitors for various metals and alloys in different corrosion environments encountered in the industries. The chemical structure, classification of drugs based on their medicinal/biological properties, and corrosion inhibition properties have been described in this paper. The effect of chemical modification on the performance of drugs has also been elaborated with example.

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Yadav, S., Shukla, M., Mishra, R. et al. Drugs: On Sustainable and Green Solution for the Prevention of Metallic Corrosion. J Bio Tribo Corros 9, 79 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40735-023-00799-w

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