Syarif Hidayatullah State Islamic University Jakarta
Doi
Abstract
The corrosion inhibition efficiencyandmechanism ofcarboxymethylchitosan(CMC) on the surface ofmild steel in H2SO4 solution has studied. Determination of the corrosion inhibition efficiency measurement used Weight Loss Method (WLM), whereas the mechanism of corrosion inhibition studied based on the analysis characterizing Scanning Electron Microscope-Energy Dispersive X-ray (SEM-EDX). The results showed that the corrosion inhibition efficiency of CMC reaches 65.12%. Characterization analysis results showed inhibition mechanism CMC on mild steel surface through chemical adsorption events form a passive layer of Fe-chelate compounds through O elementof -OH group and N element of -NH2 group of molecules KMK