Corrosion Control Of Corrosion

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Corrosion is the deterioration and undesirable scale formation in metal by either chemical attack or reaction with its environment. Corrosion control of metals involves technical, economical, environmental, and aesthetical significance. The use of corrosion inhibitors constitutes one of the most economical ways to protect metal surfaces against corrosion and preserve industrial facilities [1, 2]. The study of corrosion of mild steel is a subject of incredible theoretical and practical interest and as such has established a considerable amount of attention. Industrial acid cleaning, acid descaling, acid pickling and oil well acidizing widely require acid solutions. The use of corrosion inhibitors is very necessary in order to restrain corrosion attack of acid solutions on metallic materials. A corrosion inhibitor is a chemical substance which, when added in small …show more content…

Weight loss measurements
Weight loss studies on mild steel in 1 mol L-1 HCl solution in the absence and presence of different concentrations of GAI gum for various immersion periods (1, 2, 4, 6, 12 h) at temperature range from 303-323K were performed. After specific time of immersion, each coupon is washed using double distilled water to remove the corrosion product, rinsed with acetone, dried and reweighed. From the average weight loss results, the corrosion rate (CR), the inhibition efficiency (IE) and surface coverage (θ) were determined using the following known equations (1-3). Corrosion rate (mmpy) = (87.6 × W) / ρAt ---------- (1) Where, W is the weight loss in g, ‘ρ’is the density of the mild steel specimen in gcm˗3, ‘A’ is the area of specimen in cm2 and t is the time of exposure in h. Inhibition Efficiency (IE) = (W0- Wi) / W0 X 100 ---------- (2) Surface Coverage (θ) = (W0- Wi) / W0 ---------- (3)
Where Wi and W0 are the weight losses of mild steel in presence and absence of inhibitor

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