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Adsorption and inhibitive corrosion properties of thiourea derivatives on cold rolled steel in 1 M HClO4 solutions

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Thiourea derivatives namely, phenylthiourea (PTU), N, N′-diphenylthiourea (DPTU) and N-naphtyl N′-phenylthiourea (NPTU) synthesised in our laboratory, were tested as inhibitors for the corrosion of cold rolled steel in 1 M HClO4 using polarisation and electrochemical impedance measurements. At 30 °C, PTU and DPTU stimulated corrosion at low concentrations while addition of NPTU caused inhibition at all concentrations. The best protection (93%) was obtained by adding NPTU at 2.5 × 10−4 M. Polarisation curves showed that NPTU acted as a mixed inhibitor. The degree of surface coverage of the adsorbed inhibitors was determined by the ac impedance technique. The adsorption of NPTU on the cold rolled steel surface obeyed the Langmuir adsorption isotherm. Corrosion behaviour in the presence of NPTU at various concentrations was studied in the temperature range 20–50 °C. Both the corrosion rate of cold rolled steel and protection efficiency increased with increasing temperature. Activation energies with and without NPTU were obtained from the temperature dependence of corrosion current. The thermodynamic functions of the adsorption processes were calculated from the polarisation data and were used to analyse the inhibitor adsorption mechanism.

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  1. Département de biologie, centre universitaire de Saïda, 20000, Saida, Algeria

    O. Benali

  2. Département de Chimie, Faculté des sciences, Université Abou Bakr Belkaïd, 13000, Tlemcen, Algeria

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Benali, O., Larabi, L. & Harek, Y. Adsorption and inhibitive corrosion properties of thiourea derivatives on cold rolled steel in 1 M HClO4 solutions. J Appl Electrochem 39, 769–778 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10800-008-9717-x

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