ELECTROCHEMICAL STUDY AND COMPUTATIONAL DETAILS OF COPPER CORROSION INHIBITION BY 1H-BENZOTRIAZOLE IN 3 WT. % NACL MEDIUM

Toumiat, Mor
2015 J. Chem   unpublished
The effect of 1H-benzotriazole (BTAH) with ppm (part per million) grade concentrations on copper corrosion in aerated 3 wt. % NaCl solution is studied using chemical method (weight loss) and electrochemical methods (Potentiodynamic Polarization and Electrochemical Impedance Spectroscopy (EIS)). The present study confirm that the BTAH acts as a mixed-type inhibitor of copper corrosion in 3 wt. % NaCl. The optimum inhibition efficiency is at 30 ppm of BTAH. The surface characterization is
more » ... d using Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM) to confirm the adsorption of the inhibitor molecules after 21 days of immersion time in aerated 3 wt. % NaCl. The results obtained from different techniques used in this research are in very good agreement and revealed that the BTAH is a very good inhibitor of copper corrosion in sodium chloride medium. Computer Simulation techniques confirm that the BTAH molecules adsorbed on the Cu (110) Surface.
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