P. Ammal, A. R. Prasad, A. Joseph
Dec 1, 2018
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Egyptian Journal of Petroleum
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Abstract This paper examines the anticorrosion characteristics of three different benzimidazole derivatives towards mild steel in 0.5 M hydrochloric acid at temperature ranges from 303 to 323 K. The benzimidazole derivatives used for the screening studies are 2-(2-methyl-1H-benzimidazol-1-yl) acethydrazide (EMBAH), 2-(2-ethyl-1H-benzimidazol-1-yl) acethydrazide (EEBAH) and 2-(2-propyl-1H-benzimidazol-1-yl) acethydrazide (EPBAH). The corrosion inhibition was investigated by weight loss, electrochemical impedance spectroscopy and potentiodynamic polarization studies. The adsorption interaction between metal and inhibitor followed Langmuir adsorption isotherm. The Gibb’s free energy values clarify the spontaneous nature of adsorption process. The temperature dependence of inhibition efficiency was explained by considering thermodynamic parameters of adsorption and kinetic parameters of corrosion. These inhibitors showed good efficiency at lower as well as moderately higher temperatures. Quantum chemical calculations were done using DFT at the B3LYP/6-31G∗ level to study the electronic properties of the molecules for correlating the inhibitive effect and molecular structure.