Treated Rhizophora mucronata tannin as a corrosion inhibitor in chloride solution

Treated Rhizopora mucronata tannin (RMT) as a corrosion inhibitor for carbon steel and copper in oil and gas facilities was investigated. Corrosion rate of carbon-steel and copper in 3wt% NaCl solution by RMT was studied using chemical (weight loss method) and spectroscopic (FTIR) techniques at various temperatures in the ranges of 26–90C. The weight loss data was compared to the electrochemical by the application of Faraday’s law for the conversion of corrosion rate data from one system to another. The inhibitive efficiency of RMT was compared with commercial inhibitor sodium benzotriazole (BTA-S). The best concentration of RMT was 20% (w/v), increase in concentration of RMT decreased the corrosion rate and increased the inhibitive efficiency. Increase in temperature increased the corrosion rate and decreased the inhibitive efficiency but, the rate of corrosion was mild with RMT. The FTIR result shows the presence of hydroxyl group, aromatic group, esters and the substituted benzene group indicating the purity of the tannin. The trend of RMT was similar to that of BTA-S, but its inhibitive efficiency for carbon-steel was poor (6%) compared to RMT (59%). BTA-S was efficient for copper (76%) compared to RMT (74%) at 40% (w/v) and 20% (w/v) concentration respectively. RMT was efficient even at low concentration therefore, the use of RMT as a cost effective and environmentally friendly corrosion inhibiting agent for carbon steel and copper is herein proposed

Real surface area of the aluminium electrode in sodium chloride solution

By combining the techniques of electrochemical slow potentiodynamic, AC impedance and atomic force microscopy (AFM), ii: was shown that the differences in the anodic dissolution rates of Al in 0.5 NaCl solutions as measured experimentally in the potential region between the corrosion and pitting potential, are mainly due to differences in surface roughness of the electrodes used. It was shown that mechanical grinding and polishing of the electrode surface with emery paper (400 grit) and alumina polishing powder (diameter 0.25 mu m) can produce surfaces differing by a factor of 6 in the roughness factor Ra. By using AFM estimates of the roughness factors a true electrode capacitance of 4.63 mu C cm(-2) and thickness d(ox) approximate to 2.0 nm for the barrier layer of the surface film was estamited. The outer part of the film is porous, partly as amorphous AI(OH)(3), or crystalline bayerite (Al2O3.3H(2)O)

Mitochondria in Health and in Sickness

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