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Eco-Friendly Inhibitors for Copper Corrosion in Nitric Acid: Experimental and Theoretical Evaluation

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The inhibitive performance of Vitex negundo, Adhatoda vasica, and Saraka asoka leaf extracts on corrosion of copper in 3M HNO3 solution was investigated using gravimetric, potentiodynamic polarization, and electrochemical impedance spectroscopic techniques. Potentiodynamic polarization studies indicated that these extracts act as efficient and predominantly cathodic mixed inhibitor. Thermodynamic parameters revealed that the adsorption of these inhibitors on copper surface was spontaneous, controlled by physiochemical processes and occurred according to the Langmuir adsorption isotherm. AFM examination of copper surface confirmed that the inhibitor prevented corrosion by forming protective layer on its surface. The correlation between inhibitive effect and molecular structure was ascertained by density functional theory data.

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Acknowledgments

The authors are thankful to Professor R. K. Mandal, Head, the Department of Metallurgical Engineering, I.I.T. (B.H.U.) Varanasi for providing SEM facility. They are also thankful to Professor R. B. Rastogi, the Department of Chemistry, I.I.T. (B.H.U.) Varanasi for providing AFM facility. They are also further thankful to the Head, the Chemistry Department, the Faculty of Science, B.H.U, Varanasi, India, for help in carrying out theoretical calculations.

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    2. Department of Chemistry, Udai Pratap (Autonomous) College, Varanasi, 221002, India

      Savita (Research Scholar), Namrata Chaubey (Research Scholar) & V. K. Singh (Associate Professor)

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    Savita, Mourya, P., Chaubey, N. et al. Eco-Friendly Inhibitors for Copper Corrosion in Nitric Acid: Experimental and Theoretical Evaluation. Metall Mater Trans B 47, 47–57 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11663-015-0488-6

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