Pyridine derivatives as corrosion inhibitors for \N80\ steel in 15% HCl: Electrochemical, surface and quantum chemical studies

By K.R. Ansari and M.A. Quraishi and Ambrish Singh
Published in Measurement NULL 2015

Abstract

The present paper deals with the adsorption and inhibitory effects of the pyridine derivatives, namely 2-amino-6-(2,4-dihydroxyphenyl)-4-(4-methoxyphenyl)nicotinonitrile (ADP) and 2-amino-4-(4-methoxyphenyl)-6-phenylnicotinonitrile (AMP) on \N80\ steel corrosion in 15% HCl. Among the studied compounds, \ADP\ showed the inhibition efficiency of 90.24% at 200 mg/L. The corrosion study was performed by gravimetric, electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS), Tafel polarization, scanning electron microscopy (SEM), scanning electrochemical microscopy (SECM) and energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (EDX) techniques. The Langmuir isotherm model showed the best fit. The quantum chemical study was used to support the experimental results.

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