Experimental and Theoretical Studies of Tailor-made Schiff Bases as Corrosion Inhibitors for Carbon Steel in HCl

Strong acids used in industrial applications as cleaning, descaling, among others, can severely damage metallic structures, requiring corrosion inhibitors to diminish or avoid these issues. Since many conventional compounds used for this purpose may result in environmental and human health issues, e...

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Autores: Furtado, Luana B., Leoni, Gabriel B., Nascimiento Martins, Rafaela, Santos, Pedro Henrique C., Henrique, Fábio J. F. S., Guimarães, Maria José O. C., Brasil, Simone L. D. C.
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2023
País:España
Institución:Varias* (Consorci de Biblioteques Universitáries de Catalunya, Centre de Serveis Científics i Acadèmics de Catalunya)
Repositorio:Recercat. Dipósit de la Recerca de Catalunya
OAI Identifier:oai:recercat.cat:2445/215683
Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/2445/215683
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Química verda
Corrosió i anticorrosius
Ciència dels materials
Acer
Green chemistry
Corrosion and anti-corrosives
Materials science
Steel
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Sumario:Strong acids used in industrial applications as cleaning, descaling, among others, can severely damage metallic structures, requiring corrosion inhibitors to diminish or avoid these issues. Since many conventional compounds used for this purpose may result in environmental and human health issues, eco-friendly compounds such as Schiff bases have been recently investigated. The synthesis of three novel Schiff bases (SBs) was confirmed by infrared spectroscopy (FTIR) and hydrogen nuclear magnetic resonance (1 H-NMR). Weight loss measurements were carried out in 1 M HCl over 303K-333K. Furthermore, the combination of these compounds with a surfactant improved the efficiencies, reaching an efficiency of 93%. Optical and scanning electron microscopies confirmed the reduced roughness and pit depths of carbon steel samples. Density-functional theory calculations for neutral forms of SBs revealed that the geometrical and the energetical parameters are similar for the three studied SBs. The geometrical results exhibited more planar structures of protonated species, improving the chemical and physical interactions between aromatic rings and metallic atoms.