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Experimental and theoretical assessment of the inhibiting action of Aspilia africana extract on corrosion aluminium alloy AA3003 in hydrochloric acid

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The adsorption of Aspilia africana extract and subsequent corrosion inhibition of aluminium alloy AA3003 in hydrochloric acid solutions have been investigated using gravimetric and electrochemical techniques. Inhibition efficiency increased with extract concentration and temperature rise. Polarization studies revealed that the extract essentially inhibited the cathodic reaction. An adsorption mechanism involving physisorption and chemisorption of extract constituents at low and high temperatures, respectively, has been proposed from the trend of adsorption-free energies. Quantum chemical computations and molecular dynamics simulations described the individual contributions of some extract constituents to the observed inhibiting effect.

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This project is supported by TWAS, the Academy of Sciences for the developing World, under the TWAS Grants for Research Units in Developing Countries Program (TWAS-RGA08-005) and the Education Trust Fund (ETF); under batch one of ETF 2009/2010 research projects intervention for the Federal University of Technology Owerri. First Aluminium Co. Ltd. Port Harcourt is acknowledged for providing the aluminium samples.

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    Ihebrodike M. Mejeha, Michael C. Nwandu, Kelechukwu B. Okeoma & Francis C. Eze

  2. Department Physics/Electronics, Abia State Polytechnic, PMB 7166, Aba, Nigeria

    Lebe A. Nnanna

  3. Electrochemistry and Materials Science Research Laboratory, Department of Chemistry, Federal University of Technology, PMB 1526, Owerri, Nigeria

    Maduabuchi A. Chidiebere & Emeka E. Oguzie

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Mejeha, I.M., Nwandu, M.C., Okeoma, K.B. et al. Experimental and theoretical assessment of the inhibiting action of Aspilia africana extract on corrosion aluminium alloy AA3003 in hydrochloric acid. J Mater Sci 47, 2559–2572 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10853-011-6079-2

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