Original scientific paper
https://doi.org/10.5599/jese.181
Substantial enhancement in the anticorrosivity of aluminium alloy 6061 by doxycycline hydrochloride drug
Mudigere Krishnegowda Pavithra
; Department of Chemistry, Kuvempu University, Shankaraghatta - 577451, Shimoga, Karnataka, India
Thimmappa Venkatarangaiah Venkatesha
; Department of Chemistry, Kuvempu University, Shankaraghatta - 577451, Shimoga, Karnataka, India
Mudigere Krishnegowda Punith Kumar
; Department of Materials Engineering, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore - 560012, Karnataka, India
Nanjanagudu Subba Rao Anantha
; Department of Chemistry, Kuvempu University, Shankaraghatta - 577451, Shimoga, Karnataka, India
Abstract
The significant anticorrosive property of the antibiotic drug doxycycline hydrochloride (DCH) was investigated by electrochemical techniques such as potentiodynamic polarization, electrochemical impedance and chronoamperometric techniques. DCH inhibited the pitting corrosion of aluminium alloy 6061 (AA6061) in 3.5% NaCl media with 90% efficiency. The adsorption of DCH on AA6061 conform Langmuir isotherm by means of physisorption. Quantum chemical calculations were evaluated to ascertain the active sites of DCH molecule responsible for adsorption and to support the experimental findings.
Keywords
corrosion inhibitor; aluminium alloy; potentiodynamic polarization; electrochemical impedance spectroscopy; adsorption isotherm
Hrčak ID:
143997
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Publication date:
26.8.2015.
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