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Investigation into the Prevention of Environmental Degradation of Mild Steel in a 1M HCl Solution Using Extracts Derived from Pelargonium graveolens

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The study of the inhibition of the ecological corrosion of steel in the 1M hydrochloric acid medium by aqueous and ethanolic extracts of Pelargonium graveolens was carried out using gravimetric, electrochemical, high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC), and scanning electron microscopy (SEM/EDX). The results of this study showed that inhibitory efficacy (IE) increases with increased concentration. It reaches a maximum value of 97% for the aqueous extract of P. graveolens and 92% for the ethanolic extraction for the concentrate of 1.0 g L−1 and decreases with the increase in temperature. The study of the influence of temperature has made it possible to understand the mechanism of action of these inhibitors on the corrosion of the steel so that the active molecules of the studied extracts are fixed on the metallic surface by forming physical bonds according to the adsorption isotherm Langmuir. These extracts behave as mixed-type inhibitors. These results are confirmed by a study of density functional theory (DFT) using the B3LYP/6-31G(d,p).

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The authors would like to thank the Director of Molecular Chemistry and Natural Substance, Moulay Ismail University, Faculty of Science, Meknes, and the Director of Engineering Laboratory of Organometallic, Molecular Materials, and Environment, Faculty of Sciences, University Sidi Mohamed Ben Abdellah, Fez. Morocco.

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  2. Engineering Laboratory of Organometallic, Molecular Materials, and Environment, Faculty of Sciences, University Sidi Mohamed Ben Abdellah, Fez, Morocco

    Walid Ettahiri, Driss Zahri & Mustapha Taleb

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ZM did the experimental part and wrote the manuscript, WE did the experimental part, DZ wrote the results for the theoretical part, Ouassima RIFFI contributed to the production of the figures and the tables, and MT and AA revised the manuscript.

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M’hamdi, Z., Riffi, O., Ettahiri, W. et al. Investigation into the Prevention of Environmental Degradation of Mild Steel in a 1M HCl Solution Using Extracts Derived from Pelargonium graveolens. J Bio Tribo Corros 9, 82 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40735-023-00800-6

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