Effect of iodide ions on corrosion inhibition of mild steel by 3,5-bis(4-methylthiophenyl)-4H-1,2,4-triazole in sulfuric acid solution

The synergistic effect of iodide ions on the corrosion inhibition of mild steel in 0.5 M sulfuric acid (H₂SO₄) in the presence of 3,5-bis(4-methylthiophenyl)-4H-1,2,4-triazole (4-MTHT) was investigated using weight loss measurements and different electrochemical techniques such as potentiostatic polarization curves and electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS). The inhibition efficiency (E, %) increased with 4-MTHT concentration, but the desorption potential (E _d) remained unchanged with increasing 4-MTHT concentration. The addition of potassium iodide (KI) enhanced E considerably and increased the value of E _d. A synergistic effect was observed between KI and 4-MTHT with an optimum mass ratio of [4-MTHT]/[KI] = 4 × 10^–2. The synergism parameters (S ) calculated from surface coverage were found to be more than unity. This result clearly showed the synergistic influence of iodide ions on the corrosion inhibition of mild steel in 0.5 M H₂SO₄ by 4-MTHT. The adsorption of this inhibitor alone and in combination with iodide ions followed Langmuir's adsorption isotherm.     

3,5-bis(n-Hydroxyphenyl)-4-amino-1,2,4-triazoles and 3,5-bis(n-aminophenyl)-4-amino-1,2,4-triazoles: a new class of corrosion inhibitors for mild steel in 1m HCl medium

A new class of corrosion inhibitors, namely, 3,5-bis(n-hydroxyphenyl)-4-amino-1,2,4-triazoles and 3,5-bis(n-aminophenyl)-4-amino-1,2,4-triazoles which have been labelled n-HPAT and n-APAT has been synthesized. The influence of aminotriazoles on the corrosion of mild steel in 1m HCl has been studied using weight loss and electrochemical impedance spectroscopy. Results obtained show that these compounds are very good anodic inhibitors. The adsorption of these aminotriazoles is found to obey Langmuir adsorption isotherm.     

An in situ electrochemical impedance spectroscopy/synchrotron radiation grazing incidence X-ray diffraction study of the influence of acetate on the carbon dioxide corrosion of mild steel

A combination of electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS) and in situ synchrotron radiation grazing incidence X-ray diffraction (SR-GIXRD) has been used to study the influence of acetate on the carbon dioxide corrosion of mild steel. The SR-GIXRD data demonstrated that normal corrosion - in a carbon dioxide saturated brine - induced the formation of a thick corrosion scale of Fe₂(OH)₂CO₃ and Fe₂O₂CO₃, and this totally obscured the α-Fe diffraction peaks of the underlying steel substrate after 24 h. On the other hand, the carbon dioxide corrosion of mild steel in the presence of acetate also detected the Bragg diffraction peaks for Fe₂(OH)₂CO₃ and Fe₂O₂CO₃; however, the α-Fe diffraction peaks of the underlying steel substrate were not extinguished with time, and there was a reversal in the pattern of evolution of the intensities of the Fe₂(OH)₂CO₃ and Fe₂O₂CO₃ phases in acetate. Accordingly, the EIS data showed a poorly defined medium frequency time constant for the corroded steel specimen in brine spiked with acetate, and this medium frequency time constant was extinguished as a function of time. Alternatively, EIS of the corroded specimen also revealed a medium frequency time constant after 24 h. In addition, EIS complex-plane impedance plots showed that the corroded electrode had become passivated in an acetate-spiked brine, as evidenced by a three-fold enhancement in the charge transfer resistance at low frequency. These EIS/SR-GIXRD outcomes suggest that acetate affects the crystallization chemistry of the Fe₂(OH)₂CO₃/Fe₂O₂CO₃ corrosion scale, and this causes a mild passivation of the corroded steel surface.