Quantum chemical and experimental investigations on equipotent effects of (+)R and (−)S enantiomers of racemic amisulpride as eco-friendly corrosion inhibitors for mild steel in acidic solution

Cysteine as an Alternative Eco-Friendly Corrosion Inhibitor for Absorption-Based Carbon Capture Plants

Inorganic corrosion inhibitors are commonly applied to mitigate severe corrosion in absorption-based carbon capture plants. They are, however, not environmentally friendly, posing a health risk, harming the environment, and making chemical handling and disposal costly. Therefore, this study evaluated the corrosion inhibition performance of an amino acid, namely cysteine, with the aim of providing an eco-friendly alternative to the commercial inorganic corrosion inhibitors. Electrochemical and weight loss corrosion measurements showed that cysteine was effective in protecting carbon steel at all process operating conditions. At 80 °C, a 500 ppm cysteine could provide up to 83% and 99% inhibition efficiency under static and dynamic flow conditions, respectively. Its inhibition efficiency could be improved when the cysteine concentration, solution temperature, and flow condition were altered. Cysteine was an anodic corrosion inhibitor and underwent spontaneous, endothermic, and combined physical and chemical adsorption that followed the Langmuir adsorption isotherm model. The quantum chemical analysis indicated that cysteine had a high reactivity with metal surfaces due to its low energy gap and high dipole moment. The EDX analysis revealed a significant sulphur content on the metal substrate, indicating that cysteine's mercapto group played an integral role in forming an effective adsorption layer on the metal interface.

Structures, Energetics, and Spectra of (NH) and (OH) Tautomers of 2-(2-Hydroxyphenyl)-1-azaazulene: A Density Functional Theory/Time-Dependent Density Functional Theory Study

Tautomerization of 2-(2-hydroxyphenyl)-1-azaazulene (2OHPhAZ) in the gas phase and ethanol has been studied using B3LYP, M06-2X, and ωB97XD density functional theory (DFT) with different basis sets. For more accurate data, energies were refined at CCSD(T)/6-311++G(2d,2p) in the gas phase. Nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR), aromaticity, Fukui functions, acidity, and basicity were also calculated and compared with experimental data. Time-dependent density functional theory (TDDFT)-solvation model based on density (TDDFT-SMD) calculations in acetonitrile have been utilized for the simulation of UV-vis electronic spectra. In addition, electronic structures of the investigated system have been discussed. The results reveal that the enol form (2OHPhAZ) is thermodynamically and kinetically stable relative to the keto tautomer (2OPhAZ) and different rotamers (2OHPhAZ-R1:R3) in the gas phase and ethanol. A comparison with the experiment illustrates a good agreement and supports the computational findings.

Phytochemicals as steel corrosion inhibitor: an insight into mechanism

Corrosion is a spontaneous process that adversely affects strength and quality of economically vital materials including steel. Plant extracts are emerging as renewable, low cost and eco-friendly alternate to existing toxic chemical corrosion inhibitors. Physisorption, Chemisorption and retrodonation are the main mechanism of corrosion inhibition by plant extracts. Different functional groups of phytochemicals namely carbohydrate, lipids, terpenoids, phenolic acids, alkaloids and other nitrogen containing metabolites participate in physisorption, chemisorption and retrodonation with steel surface in presence of HCl and H2SO4 to act as corrosion inhibitors. Exact mechanism of inhibition depends upon presence of such phytochemical in the plant extracts.

Computational and Experimental Study onthe Adsorption and Inhibition Effects of 1,3-Benzothiazol-6-ol on the Corrosion ofSteel X80 in Acidic Solution

In this work, the adsorption and inhibition behavior of 1,3-benzothiazol-6-ol were investigated by computational and experimental techniques for steel X80 corrosion in acidic solution. The density functional theory was carried out and quantum chemical factors like the energy gap, energy of highest occupied molecular orbital, the energy of lowest unoccupied molecular orbital, the fraction of electron transferred, and Mulliken charges have been calculated. In addition, according to quantum calculation, S atom in 1,3-benzothiazol-6-ol indicated more tendency for electrophilic attack in adsorption. The main reason for high inhibition efficiencies in very low concentrations is the planar and simplicity of inhibitor structure which leads to increasing the efficiency of adsorption by functional group especially sulfur. Electrochemical frequency modulation and potentiodynamic polarization indicated that this material has excellent inhibiting features in very low concentrations. The influence of DC trend on the explanation of electrochemical noise data was evaluated by polynomial fitting and the optimum polynomial order m = 5 was obtained. Noise resistance and the inhibition efficiency was calculated and compared in different methods. The theory of shot noise in frequency domain was used to obtain the electrochemical event charge. The corroded surface of steel in the absence and existence of thiazole compound was studied by Atomic force microscopy.

Corrosion inhibition of carboxylate inhibitors with different alkylene chain lengths on carbon steel in an alkaline solution

The inhibition effects of five organic carboxylate compounds with different alkylene chain lengths on Q235 steel in a simulated carbonation concrete pore solution (pH 11.5) were studied using quantum chemical calculations, electrochemical measurement and surface analysis. The results show that the adsorption capacity of the inhibitors increases with increasing distance between the C Created by potrace 1.16, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2019 ]]> C bond and COO– group. As the alkylene chain length increases, the absolute surface charge value increases and the inhibition effectiveness tends to increase. C11 shows the best inhibition. The carboxylate inhibitors adsorb on a steel surface by forming Fe–OOC–C_x compounds and the CC bonds could enhance the adsorption process.

The inhibition effects of carboxylate compounds with different alkylene chain lengths on Q235 steel in simulated carbonation concrete pore solution were studied using quantum chemical calculations, electrochemical measurement and surface analysis.

Electrochemical assessment of phenol and triazoles derived from phenol (BPT) on API 5L X52 steel immersed in 1 M HCl

The phenol-derived triazoles beginning at 10 ppm show excellent inhibition against corrosion when immersed in 1 M HCl.