Corrosion Inhibition of Nickel in Sulfuric Acid Using Tween Surfactants

 

M. Abdallah, A.Y. El-Etre*

Chemistry Department, Faculty of Science, Benha University, Benha, Egypt

 

Received 3 December 2002; accepted in revised form 1 April 2003

 

Abstract

Four commercial non-ionic surfactant compounds, namely tween 80, 60, 40 and 20, were tested as inhibitors for corrosion of nickel in 1.0 M H₂SO₄ solution. Weight loss measurements, potentiostatic polarization and cyclic voltammetry techniques were used in this study. It was found that all the four used compounds act as good inhibitors for acid corrosion of nickel. The inhibition efficiencies obtained by the three techniques were almost the same, and increase with increasing the hydrocarbon chain length, the presence of a double bond in the chemical structure of the surfactant and with increasing the surfactant concentration. The polarization studies show that tween compounds act as mixed inhibitors. The inhibition action of these surfactants is interpreted in view of their adsorption on the metal surface making a barrier to mass and charge transfer. It was found that the adsorption of only tween 20 and 40 follows Langmuir adsorption isotherm. The values of free energy of adsorption for them were calculated. It was found that the adsorption process is spontaneous and increases, for different surfactants, in the same direction as inhibition efficiency. The cyclic voltammetry shows that there is only one anodic peak corresponding to the dissolution reaction of nickel electrode. The current of this dissolution peak was used also for corrosion rate measurements and in evaluation of inhibition efficiencies of the used compounds.

Keywords: nickel, corrosion inhibition, tween, surfactant.

 

Texto completo disponível apenas em PDF.

Full text only in PDF format.

 

References

1. J.R. Kish, M.B. Ives, J.R. Kodda, J. Electrochem. Soc. 147 (2000) 3637.        [ Links ]

2. M. Keddam, H. Takenouti, N. Yu, J. Electrochem. Soc. 132 (1985) 2561.        [ Links ]

3. T. Ohtsuka, K.E. Heusler, J. Electroanal. Chem. 102 (1979) 175.        [ Links ]

4. N. Sato, K. Kudo, Electrochim. Acta 19 (1974) 461.        [ Links ]

5. G. Gilli, P. Borea, F. Zucchi, G. Trabanelli, Corros. Sci. 13 (1973) 585.        [ Links ]

6. A.A. Aksut, S. Bilgic, Corros. Sci. 33 (1992) 379.        [ Links ]

7. E. Khamis, F. Bellucci, R.M. Latanision, E.S.H. El-Ashry, Corrosion 47 (1991) 677.        [ Links ]

8. S.M. Reshetnikov, Port. Met. 14 (1978) 491.        [ Links ]

9. V. Sastry, R. Packwood, Werkst. Korros. 38 (1987) 77.        [ Links ]

10. A. Frignani, C. Monticelli, G. Trabanelli, Br. Corros. J. 33 (1998) 71.        [ Links ]

11. C.F. Zinola, A.H. Castro Luna, Corros. Sci. 37 (1995) 1919.        [ Links ]

12. K. Bajpai, G. Singh, Bull. Electrochem. 16 (2000) 241.        [ Links ]

13. P.B. Mathur, T. Vasudevan, Corrosion 38 (1982) 17.        [ Links ]

14. T.P. Hoar, R.D. Haliday, J. Appl. Chem. 3 (1953) 502.        [ Links ]

15. T.S. De Gromoboy, L.L. Shreir, Electrochim. Acta 11 (1966) 895.        [ Links ]

16. J.R. Vilche, A.J. Arvia, Corros. Sci. 18 (1978) 441.        [ Links ]

17.V.H. Hluchan, B.L. Wheeler, A.J. Arvia, Corros. Sci. 20 (1980) 563.        [ Links ]

 

* Corresponding author. E-mail address: aliyousry@hotmail.com