Iron corrosion inhibition by olive mill wastewaters in acid medium

In this paper, the effect of olive mill wastewater (OMW) as corrosion inhibitor for iron in molar hydrochloride solution was investigated by using potentiodynamic polarization (PDP) and electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS) techniques. As results, both used techniques gave nearly the same efficiency of inhibition. Polarisation curves indicated that the OMW act as mixed inhibitor without variation of the hydrogen reduction mechanism. The inhibition efficiency increases by increasing OMW concentration to reach a maximum value of 84% at 4ppm. The effect of temperature on the corrosion of iron has also been studied without and with the inhibitor in the range from 298 to 318K. It was found that the rate of corrosion increases with temperature. OMW was adsorbed on the iron surface according to the model of the Langmuir adsorption isotherm. 

Corrosion Inhibition of 3003 Aluminum Alloy in Molar Hydrochloric Acid Solution by Olive Oil Mill Liquid By-Product

According to the literature, the works on the inhibition of aluminum alloy corrosion using naturally occurring compounds are limited. For this, the inhibiting effect of oil mill liquid by-product (OMW) on the corrosion of 3003 aluminum alloy (AA3003) in molar hydrochloric acid solution was evaluated using electrochemical techniques. In parallel, a computational approach based on DFT/B3LYP and Monte Carlo methods was used to understand the inhibition process under electronic and atomic scales, respectively. The experimental results reveal that OMW has a good inhibiting effect on the corrosion of AA3003 alloy in the tested solution and acts as a cathodic inhibitor. The inhibitory efficiency increases by increasing OMW concentration to attain 89% at 6.0 ppm. The effect of temperature shows that the inhibition efficiency of OMW decreases with temperature rising. Nevertheless, a good prevention capacity of 83% is obtained at 338 K. Such interesting achieved protection property was attributed to the adsorption of OMW constituents onto the alloy surface via a mixed physichemisorption process. This process is found to obey the Langmuir adsorption isotherm. Furthermore, the activation thermodynamic parameters of the corrosion process of AA3003 alloy were also determined and discussed. The computational outcomes outlined the ability of the OMW components to interact favorably with the metal surface, hence the formation of a protective layer, which justified the observed inhibition behaviors. Conferring to the present study, OMW can be used as a good green corrosion inhibitor for AA3003 alloy in the acidic medium