Original scientific paper
Comparative analysis of adsorption and corrosion inhibitive properties of ethanol extract of Dialium Guineense leaves for mild steel in 0.5 M HCl
Shola Elijah Adeniji
; Department of Chemistry, Ahmadu Bello University Zaria, Nigeria
Bamigbola Abiola Akindehinde
; Department of Chemistry, Ahmadu Bello University Zaria, Nigeria
Abstract
Adsorption and corrosion inhibitive properties of ethanol extract of Dialium guineense leaves for mild steel in 0.5 M HCl was studied using the gravimetric method. The results showed that the ethanol extract of Dialium guineense leaves is a good corrosion inhibitor for mild steel in 0.5 M HCl. The inhibition efficiency was found to increase with increase in the concentration of ethanol extract of Dialium guineense leaves up to the maximum of 92 %, but at the same time it decreased as the temperature was increased. Corrosion inhibition by the extract of Dialium guineense leaves is carried out by adsorption mechanism with the kinetics of corrosion following the pseudo first order reaction with high correlation. Thermodynamic consideration revealed that adsorption of the ethanol extract of Dialium guineense leaves on mild steel surface is an exothermic and spontaneous process that fitted the Langmuir adsorption isotherm. The values of activation energy and Gibb’s free energy were found within the range of limits expected for the mechanism of physical adsorption.
Keywords
Corrosion rate; Dialium guineense; inhibitor efficiency; Langmuir isotherm; mild steel
Hrčak ID:
201116
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Publication date:
17.5.2018.
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