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An eco-friendly corrosion inhibitor Cuscuta reflexa extract and PEG400 for mild steel inhibition in acidic medium: computational and experimental investigations

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Herein, the mechanism of corrosion prevention of mild steel (MS) by extract of Cuscuta reflexa/Amarbel (AME) as green inhibitor is explained by gravitational, electrochemical measurements. The viability of neat extract and after adding an intensifier was investigated as corrosion inhibitor for MS in hydrochloric acid. The presence of electron-rich moieties in AME was characterized through Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR). Furthermore, polarization measurements showed that AME acted as a mixed type inhibitor against corrosion. The formulation of 100 ppm AME with 50 ppm polyethylene glycol 400 (PEG400) as an intensifier showed inhibition efficiency of 97.51% for MS in 0.5 M HCl. The protection of MS in (AME + PEG) formulation was also assessed through the Langmuir, Freundlich, and Flory–Huggins adsorption isotherm model. The surface studies of the MS were examined by atomic force microscopy (AFM) and scanning electron microscopy (SEM) that indicated a smoothened surface of the metal in the presence of the studied compounds. XPS study was executed to analyze the interaction of the inhibitor with the metal surface. In addition, computational quantum study provides the molecular structural relationship with corrosion inhibitive competence of the extract.

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The Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, New Delhi, India, awarded fellowship to Meena Yadav (award letter no. 09/1063(0028)/2019-EMR-I); University Grant Commission (UGC), Delhi, provided fellowship to Monika Dhanda (Ref. No. 201610158088) and Neeru Jhanjhariya (Ref. No. 153) as JRF.

Deenbandhu Chhotu Ram University of Science and Technology, Murthal, provided Rajat Arora and Simran Ahlawat, University Research Scholarship (Endst. No. DCRUST/Sch./2019/508) and (Endst. No. DCRUST/Sch./2021/218–223).

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    Priti Pahuja, Meena Yadav, Monika Dhanda, Rajat Arora, Simran Ahlawat, Neeru Jhanjhariya, Sumit Kumar & Suman Lata

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Monika Dhanda: formal analysis, data curation, resources.

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Pahuja, P., Yadav, M., Dhanda, M. et al. An eco-friendly corrosion inhibitor Cuscuta reflexa extract and PEG400 for mild steel inhibition in acidic medium: computational and experimental investigations. Environ Sci Pollut Res 30, 98701–98717 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-022-23842-8

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