Corrosion inhibition properties of two imidazolium ionic liquids with hydrophilic tetrafluoroborate and hydrophobic hexafluorophosphate anions in acid medium

Yangyang Guo, Bin Xu, Ying Liu, Wenzhong Yang, Xiaoshuang Yin, Yun Chen, Jinxun Le, Zhihao Chen

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Abstract

The ionic liquids, 1-vinyl-3-aminopropylimidazolium hexafluorophosphate ([VAIM][PF6]) and 1-vinyl-3-aminopropylimidazolium tetrafluoroborate ([VAIM][BF4]) acted as the corrosion inhibitors. Weight loss measurements showed the corrosion inhibition efficiencies of [VAIM][PF6] and [VAIM][BF4] were 90.53% and 54.01% at 45 °C, respectively. The ILs were mix-type inhibitors. Raising the temperature can have a decreased inhibition efficiency of [VAIM][BF4], while [VAIM][PF6] presented an opposite trend. In addition, [VAIM][PF6] obeyed Langmuir monolayer adsorption isotherm, while [VAIM][BF4] obeyed EI-Awady kinetic-thermodynamic adsorption for blocking active sites. Moreover, Molecular Dynamic Simulations showed that [VAIM][PF6] owned a higher adsorption energy, which may be responsible for the more adsorption groups of [VAIM][PF6].

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)234-247
Number of pages14
JournalJournal of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry
Volume56
DOIs
StatePublished - 25 Dec 2017

Keywords

  • Acid solution
  • Corrosion inhibition
  • EIS
  • Ionic liquid
  • Polarization

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