Abstract
The inhibition of copper corrosion in cooling seawater by novel pyrophosphate SrNiP2O7 (SNP) was investigated under flowing conditions using mass-loss and electrochemical methods. The surface morphology was characterized by SEM coupled with EDX spectra. Comparable results show that SNP acts as a mixed-type inhibitor with predominantly cathodic effectiveness, suppressing the corrosive process by physical adsorption on the copper surface. The highest inhibition efficiency obtained from mass-loss, polarization and EIS measurements are 92.7%, 94.8% and 97.1%, respectively, at 120 mg L-1 of SNP. The influence of increasing temperature on SNP inhibitor efficiency has been studied, and the activation energy has been calculated. Surface morphology observations evidenced the formation of a protective SNP film over the metal surface.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 64326-64334 |
Number of pages | 9 |
Journal | RSC Advances |
Volume | 5 |
Issue number | 79 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - 2015 |
Externally published | Yes |