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Essential oils as VCIs for mild steel in various environments

Publication Type : Journal Article

Publisher : Materials Performance

Source : Materials Performance, Volume 49, Number 4, p.50-55 (2010)

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Keywords : Carbon steel, ELectrochemical methods, Hydrogen sulfide, Inhibition efficiency, Inhibitor concentration, Mild steel, Mixed inhibitor, scanning electron microscopy, Seawater, sulfur, Sulfur dioxide, Weight loss

Campus : Coimbatore

School : School of Engineering

Department : Sciences

Year : 2010

Abstract : The corrosion vapor inhibition efficiency (IE) of five essential oils was investigated for mild steel in seawater, rainwater, sulfur dioxide (SO 2), and hydrogen sulfide (H2S) environments by weight loss and electrochemical methods. The highest IE was observed in all the tests at an inhibitor concentration of4%. The tests also indicated that the five oils act as mixed inhibitors but cathodic inhibition was more predominant. The surface of the specimens was investigated using scanning electron microscopy.

Cite this Research Publication : N. Poongothai, Ramachanderen, T., Murugavel, S. C., and Natesan, M., “Essential oils as VCIs for mild steel in various environments”, Materials Performance, vol. 49, pp. 50-55, 2010.

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