Papaya peel extract as potential corrosion inhibitor for Aluminium alloy in 1 M HCl: Electrochemical and quantum chemical study

By Chaubey, Namrata; Singh, Vinod Kumar; Quraishi, M. A.
Published in Ain Shams Engineering Journal NULL 2016

Abstract

Abstract This paper deals with the corrosion inhibition effect of Papaya peel extract (PPE) on Aluminium alloy (AA) in 1 M HCl. The corrosion tests were performed by using electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS) and potentiodynamic polarization techniques (PDP). Maximum inhibition efficiency observed is 95.5% and 98.1% from {EIS} plot and {PDP} studies at higher concentration (2.0 g L?1) of PPE. Potentiodynamic polarization result shows mainly the cathodic type inhibition for PPE. Surface morphology of {AA} is carried by scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and atomic force microscopy (AFM). Quantum chemical study is complemented well with the experimental findings of the corrosion inhibition.

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