Halogen-substituted imidazoline derivatives as corrosion inhibitors for mild steel in hydrochloric acid solution

Kegui Zhang, Bin Xu, Wenzhong Yang, Xiaoshuang Yin, Ying Liu, Yizhong Chen

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Abstract

Two novel imidazoline derivatives, 2-(2-trifluoromethyl-4,5-dihydro-imidazol-1-yl)-ethylamine (1-IM) and 2-(2-trichloromethyl-4,5-dihydro-imidazol-1-yl)-ethylamine (2-IM), have been investigated as corrosion inhibitors for mild steel in 0.5M HCl solution by weight loss, potentiodynamic polarization and electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS) tests. The surface morphology of sample was presented through scanning electron microscope (SEM) and the inhibition mechanism was elucidated by measuring the potential of zero charge (Epzc) at the solid/liquid interface. Results of theoretical calculation confirm that the chloride-substituted compound shows better inhibitive performance than the fluoride-substituted one.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)284-295
Number of pages12
JournalCorrosion Science
Volume90
DOIs
StatePublished - 1 Jan 2015

Keywords

  • A. Mild steel
  • B. SEM
  • B. Weight loss
  • C. Acid corrosion

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