It is shown that, for relatively low concentrations, the biogenic surfactants obtained as products of the biosynthesis of the Pseudomonas sp. PS-17 bacterial strain (culture supernatant and rhamnolipid biocomplex), are efficient corrosion inhibitors for D16T aluminum alloy in distilled water and in a 0.1% sodium chloride solution. Their efficiency increases their concentration. As soon as the critical micelle concentration is attained, any subsequent increase in the amount of biogenic surfactants in the corrosive medium does not affect the protective anticorrosion effect. The mechanism of corrosion inhibition is based on the adsorption of molecules of biosurfactants on the surface of aluminum alloy resulting in the formation of a barrier film. The rhamnolipid biocomplexes efficiently inhibit corrosion processes in heterogeneous aluminum alloys placed in chloride-containing media.
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Translated from Fizyko-Khimichna Mekhanika Materialiv, Vol. 50, No. 3, pp. 122–127, May–June, 2014.
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Pokhmurs’kyi, V.І., Karpenko, О.V., Zin’, І.М. et al. Inhibiting Action of Biogenic Surfactants in Corrosive Media. Mater Sci 50, 448–453 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11003-014-9741-4
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