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The inhibition effect of the Hydralazine hydrochloride for mild steel corrosion in 1M HCl has
been investigated. Polarization measurement indicates that the Hydralazine hydrochloride
act as mixed-type inhibitor, which gives a maximum inhibition efficiency around 72 %.
Electrochemical impedance spectroscopy was used to investigate the mechanism of
corrosion inhibition gives around 76 % due to the formation of electrical double layer.
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Thermodynamic parameter such as G ads value was obtained as -30.22 KJ/mol indications
that inhibitor shows its inhibition effect due to the chemisorptions process. Scanning
electron microscopic images gives a visual idea about the formation of the protective film
on the mild steel surface to reduce the corrosion rate. So that the Hydralazine hydrochloride
acts as an efficient mixed type corrosion inhibitor for mild steel corrosion in acid media.
Keywords: Hydralazine hydrochloride, mild steel, inhibitor, EIS, SEM, adsorption isotherm
PACS: 68.43.Mn
INTRODUCTION
Mild steel is an important category of material due to
their wide range of industrial and structural
applications. It is used in many industries under acids
for pickling, descaling, acid cleaning and other
applications. Due to their high corrosive nature acids
may cause damage to the system components. The
use of corrosion inhibitors were used to protecting
metals against corrosion (Eddy et al., 2008). The use of
organic molecules as inhibitors to control the acid
corrosion of steel is an effective and flexible method
(Abd El-Maksoud et al., 2005). In recent times much
attention is being given in developing nature friendly
inhibitors. Drugs and plant extracts are having been
reported to be good corrosion inhibitors (Pongsak et.,al
2010, Chauhan et al.,2007).Inhibitors are organic
molecules having hetero atoms like P, S, N, S, and
electrons through which the inhibitor molecule interact
with the metal surface and get adsorbed (Ahamad et
al.,2010, Quraishi et al.,2010).The extent of adsorption
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-1.5
b
-2.0
log i (A cm)
-2.5
-3.0
a- Blank
b- 100 ppm
c- 200 ppm
d- 300 ppm
e- 400 ppm
f- 500 ppm
-3.5
-4.0
-4.5
a
e
-5.0
c
f
-5.5
-0.7
-0.6
-0.5
-0.4
-0.3
E Vs SCE (V)
i ocorr i corr
P
100
i ocorr
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Table 1. Tafel and AC impedance results for the corrosion of mild steel in 1 M HCl in the presence of different
concentrations of Hydralozine hydrochloride
Inhib.
n
con
(ppm)
Ecorr
Blank
100
200
300
400
500
-0.51
-0.48
-0.49
-0.50
-0.52
-0.50
I corr
-2
(A cm )
Corrosion
rate
(mpy)
c
mV/de
cade
a
mV/de
cade
% p
Rp
2
cm
Cdl
(
F
-2
cm )
% z
Surface
coverage
()
0.51
0.48
0.49
0.50
0.52
0.50
36.43
15.83
14.53
11.78
11.50
11.23
-5.701
-6.014
-7.020
-6.624
-6.805
-7.342
5.888
7.172
7.569
7.143
7.376
7.474
50.0
53.8
60.2
66.7
72.0
6.094
12.01
12.55
15.48
20.85
25.57
5558
3772
1267
0582
0557
0470
49.2
51.5
60.7
70.77
76.1
0.492
0.515
0.607
0.707
0.761
(V)
-7
-6
ZIm g......o h m c m
-5
-4
-3
100 ppm
-2
500 ppm
400 ppm
-1
1M H cl
200 ppm
2
10
12
14
16
300 ppm
18
20
Z re a l.......o h m c m
22
24
26
28
30
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1.8
1.6
1.4
C/
1.2
1.0
0.8
0.6
0.4
0.2
0.4
0.6
0.8
1.0
1.2
1.4
Adsorption
isotherm
Model
Langmauir
(A)
Kads
Gads
Kj/mol
0.976
2923
-30.22
(B).
has been attributed to the roughness and nonhomogeneity of the solid surface and also to the
adsorption of inhibitor (Praveen et al.,2009).
From Table 1.The decrease in Cdl on the addition of
inhibitor to the acid solution indicates the formation of a
protective layer and which covers the surface of the
electrode. The adsorption of Hydralazine hydrochloride
on the mild steel surface decreases Cdl because they
displaced the water molecules and other ions that were
originally adsorbed on the surface. With higher
concentration of inhibitor, either the thickness of the
protective layer or the surface coverage by Hydralazine
hydrochloride increased due to more inhibitor
molecules chemically adsorbed on the mild steel
surface.
Adsorption Parameters
Inhibition effect of Hydralazine hydrochloride is
attributed due to the adsorption of inhibitor on to the
surface of mild steel. This adsorption creates a
protective film on the metal surface. The degree of
surface coverage () for inhibitor was obtained from
electrochemical impedance spectroscopic data as
shown in Table 1. Different adsorption isotherms such
as Temkin, Freaundlich and Langmuir, were tested in
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