The inhibition of mild steel corrosion in acidic medium by 1-methyl-3-pyridin-2-yl-thiourea

The effect of 1-methyl-3-pyridin-2-yl-thiourea on the corrosion resistance of mild steel in H₂SO₄ solution was investigated by different techniques. The results show that the inhibition efficiency increases with the increase of inhibitor concentration. This compound affects both the anodic dissolution of steel and the hydrogen evolution reaction in 0.5 M H₂SO₄. The adsorption of this inhibitor is also found to obey the Langmuir adsorption isotherm. From the adsorption isotherm, value of the ΔG_ads for the adsorption process was calculated. From the corrosion rate obtained at 25-45 ± 1 °C E_a, ΔH_a and possible mechanism have been proposed.