Theory and Applications of Green Corrosion Inhibitors

2021 ◽  

The book presents theoretical insights, characterization tools and mechanisms of green corrosion inhibitors and their industrial applications in areas such as reinforced concrete, coating, aircraft, oil and gas, acid pickling, water industry and the protection of metals and alloys used in electronic devices.

Corrosion is an inevitable fact of day-to-day life, and however, because of its technological, economic, and aesthetic significance, it always receives much attention. Most of the corrosion inhibitors are environmentally harmful and toxic synthetic chemicals. In view of the toxicity of the inhibitors, the search for an eco-friendly and non-toxic corrosion inhibitor is of great interest. Green corrosion inhibitors are of concern because of increased awareness and improvements in regulations related to the environment because of their toxicity, restrict regular corrosion inhibitors. The extracts of natural products contain compounds having oxygen, carbon, nitrogen and sulfur. Such elements facilitate compounds to absorb on the surface of metal, forming a protective film to prevent corrosion. The main purpose of this chapter is to provide a comprehensive study of technological applications of green corrosion inhibitors in different industries, such as reinforced concrete, coating, aircraft, oil and gas, acid pickling, and water industry.


Green corrosion inhibitors used for protection of metals and alloys in electronic devices are a key interest area for researcher because of increased environmental awareness which restrict the use of toxic and hazardous corrosion inhibitors which contaminate our ecological system. Advancement of green chemical technologies towards novel vapor-phase corrosion inhibitors (VPCI) as green inhibitors for electronics corrosion and their adsorption mechanism is discussed in detail here. Also, the protective role of VPCI for various metals and alloys used in electronics components and industrial applications are discussed.


2020 ◽  
Vol 2020 ◽  
pp. 1-23 ◽  
Author(s):  
N. A. Aljeaban ◽  
L. K. M. O. Goni ◽  
B. G. Alharbi ◽  
M. A. Jafar Mazumder ◽  
S. A. Ali ◽  
...  

Corrosion is a hazardous phenomenon having a devastating impact on technological and industrial applications, particularly in the oil and gas industries. Therefore, controlling the corrosion of metals is an important activity of technical, economical, environmental, and aesthetical importance in order to save huge expenses in materials, equipment, and structure. The use of corrosion inhibitors is one of the best options for controlling the metallic corrosion in various corrosive media. Numerous problems aroused with the use of inorganic and small molecule organic corrosion inhibitors, and the use of polymeric corrosion inhibitors came into limelight. This review article provides an overview of the recent development of different classes of corrosion inhibitors with special emphasis on different functional motifs of natural, synthetically modified natural, and synthetic polymeric materials. The significance, mechanism, and challenges of using polymeric materials as corrosion inhibitors are also highlighted in the review.


Corrosion in the reinforced concrete structures is a promising concern for material and structural engineers. Chemical corrosion inhibitors are usually suggested by the corrosion specialists in this regard, which adds an enormous amount of cost to the total materials charges and some are harmful to life forms. Therefore, some green corrosion inhibitors are introduced in this study which are relatively cheaper and holds good compatibility with concrete. We have highlighted the mechanisms of protection, advantages and disadvantages of different green biological corrosion inhibitors by broadly categorizing them into two types. This classification is based on the origin and mechanism of corrosion inhibition of the respective class. The first class is microbial inhibitors which prevent the onset of corrosion by making biofilms and precipitating calcite on steel surface and concrete voids respectively. And the second class is of botanical inhibitors which are the extracts of plants and protect the steel bars by forming biofilms. So both of the biological inhibitors are efficient to eliminate the corrosion of reinforced concrete structures.


2018 ◽  
Vol 929 ◽  
pp. 158-170
Author(s):  
Adam Septiyono Arlan ◽  
Norman Subekti ◽  
Johny Wahyuadi Soedarsono ◽  
Andi Rustandi

Acidizing is one of the stimulation technologies in the oil and gas industry by removing scale, rust, debris or other acid-soluble particulates on the pipe tubing internal surface. The most common acid used is HCl. To avoid problems such as pipe or casing tubing leak due to acidic corrosion, during the acidizing normally applied with inhibition treatment by inorganic corrosion inhibitor with various compositions including quaternary ammonium salts, solvent and often some surfactant to strip oil from acid reactive surfaces. However, most of these compounds are not only expensive but also toxic to the marine environment. It is an obvious remark to point out the importance of low cost, green corrosion inhibitors which is safe to the environment. The wood extract has become important as an environmentally acceptable, readily available and renewable resource for wide range of inhibitors. A Caesalpinia Sappan L modified imidazoline has been synthesized and used as a corrosion inhibitor for carbon steel in API 5L X60 in HCl 1M environment.The aim of the investigation is to find low dosage-high efficiency green corrosion inhibitor.The testing techniques include wheel test weight loss measurement, Tafel polarization and Electrochemical Impedance Spectroscopy (EIS), Fourier Transform Infra-red Spectroscopy (FTIR). The results of weight loss studies correlated well with those of polarization and Impedance Spectroscopy. Inhibition performance for both Caesalpinia Sappan L modified imidazoline ( CS IMI) and Imidazoline (IMI) increases with increasing inhibitor concentration. The formulated Caesalpinia Sappan L modified imidazoline ( CS IMI), and Imidazoline (IMI) inhibitors give a greater than 90% inhibition efficiency with dosage 25 ppm at a temperature of 90-140°F. Caesalpinia Sappan L modified imidazoline (CS IMI), and Imidazoline (IMI) show comparable inhibition performance. However, at temperature 140oF, Imidazoline (IMI) seems to have a slightly better performance, indicating better thermal stability. Caesalpinia sappan bioactive agents are brazilein and chalcone, and its inhibition mechanism by physisorption obey Langmuir Isotherm, this mode will control charge transfer at surface metal and electrolyte.This result confirms that Caesalpinia sappan modified imidazoline is very promising for the development of green corrosion inhibitors for oil and gas application


2012 ◽  
Vol 2012 ◽  
pp. 1-15 ◽  
Author(s):  
B. E. Amitha Rani ◽  
Bharathi Bai J. Basu

Corrosion control of metals is of technical, economical, environmental, and aesthetical importance. The use of inhibitors is one of the best options of protecting metals and alloys against corrosion. The environmental toxicity of organic corrosion inhibitors has prompted the search for green corrosion inhibitors as they are biodegradable, do not contain heavy metals or other toxic compounds. As in addition to being environmentally friendly and ecologically acceptable, plant products are inexpensive, readily available and renewable. Investigations of corrosion inhibiting abilities of tannins, alkaloids, organic,amino acids, and organic dyes of plant origin are of interest. In recent years, sol-gel coatings doped with inhibitors show real promise. Although substantial research has been devoted to corrosion inhibition by plant extracts, reports on the detailed mechanisms of the adsorption process and identification of the active ingredient are still scarce. Development of computational modeling backed by wet experimental results would help to fill this void and help understand the mechanism of inhibitor action, their adsorption patterns, the inhibitor-metal surface interface and aid the development of designer inhibitors with an understanding of the time required for the release of self-healing inhibitors. The present paper consciously restricts itself mainly to plant materials as green corrosion inhibitors.


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