Corrosion Resistance of AA6063-Type Al-Mg-Si Alloy by Silicon Carbide in Sodium Chloride Solution for Marine Application

The present work focused on corrosion inhibition of AA6063 type Al-Mg-Si alloy in sodium chloride (NaCl) solution with a silicon carbide inhibitor, using the potentiodynamic electrochemical method. The aluminium alloy surface morphology was examined, in the as-received and as-corroded in the un-inhibited state, with scanning electron microscopy equipped with energy dispersive spectroscopy (SEM-EDS). The results obtained via linear polarization indicated a high corrosion potential for the unprotected as-received alloy. Equally, inhibition efficiency as high as 98.82% at 10.0 g/v silicon carbide addition was obtained with increased polarization resistance (Rp), while the current density reduced significantly for inhibited samples compared to the un-inhibited aluminium alloy. The adsorption mechanism of the inhibitor aluminium alloy follows the Langmuir adsorption isotherm. This shows that the corrosion rate of aluminium alloy with silicon carbide in NaCl environment decreased significantly with addition of the inhibito

Corrosion Protection Effect of Chitosan on the Performance Characteristics of A6063 Alloy

This article outlines the behaviour of water-soluble chitosan as an effective inhibitor on aluminium alloy in 3.65% NaCl at room temperature. The inhibitive ability of water-soluble chitosan was examined using electrochemical potentiodynamic polarization techniques, mass loss measurements and computational studies. The outcome of the experiment reveals that chitosan inhibited aluminium alloy in sodium chloride solution exhibits better corrosion protection than the uninhibited because chitosan nanoparticles minimize the ingression of chloride ion into the active sites of aluminium alloy by forming thin film on its surface. The losses in mass by the inhibited aluminium alloy were found to reduce as the concentration of chitosan increases. Results obtained showed that chitosan could offer inhibition efficiency above 70%. Polarization curve demonstrated that chitosan in 3.65% NaCl at room temperature acted as a mixed-type inhibitor. Adsorption of chitosan nanoparticles on the aluminium alloy was found to follow Langmuir adsorption isotherm with correlation regression coefficient (R2 ) value of 0.9961

Inhibition of Stainless Steel Corrosion IN 0.5 M H2SO4 IN The Presence OF C6H5NH2

Inhibition of stainless steel corrosion in 0.5 M H2SO4 by C6H5NH2 (Aniline) at different temperatures was experimentally studied in this paper. Corrosion rate measurements at 28°C, 45°C and 60°C were taken through linear sweep voltametry and utilised for modelling inhibition efficiency and thermodynamic properties in the acidic solution containing different concentrations of the organic chemical. Results showed that inhibition of stainless steel in 0.5 M H2SO4 increased with increasing temperature for most of the different concentrations of C6H5NH2 employed. Optimal inhibition efficiency ranged from η = 26.49% by 0.043 M C6H5NH2 at 28°C, through η = 88.99% by 0.021 M C6H5NH2 at 45°C up to η = 96.68% by 0.043 M C6H5NH2 at 60°C. Also, thermodynamic property analyses showed that apparent activating energy decreases from the uninhibited, 0 M C6H5NH2, to the optimally inhibiting 0.043 M C6H5NH2 containing medium, which suggests C6H5NH2 adsorption drives the inhibition effects observed