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Item BRANCHED POLYMERS AND THEIR APPLICATION IN CORROSION INHIBITION FOR MILD STEEL IN 1M H2SO4 MEDIUM(Oriental Journal of Chemistry, 2014-12-25) Sounthari, P; Kiruthika, A; Saranya, J; Parameswari, K; Chitra, SThe adsorption and corrosion inhibiting effect of branched polymers (BATP, BAAZ, BETP & BEAZ) on mild steel in 1M H2SO4 at 30±1˚C was investigated using gravimetric, electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS), and potentiodynamic polarization techniques. The experimental findings revealed that BATP inhibited the corrosion reaction in the acid environment to greater extend compared to BAAZ, BETP and BEAZ. Impedance results indicate that the polymers were adsorbed on the metal/solution interface, while polarization data showed that the polymers behaved mostly as mixed-type inhibitors. Kinetic parameters (activation energy, pre-exponential factor, enthalpy of activation and entropy of activation) as well as thermodynamic parameters (enthalpy of adsorption, entropy of adsorption and Gibbs free energy) were calculated and discussed. Scanning electron microscopy technique was used to confirm the effectiveness of inhibition of mild steel in sulphuric acid medium.Item EXPERIMENTAL AND QUANTUM CHEMICAL STUDIES ON THE INHIBITION POTENTIAL OF SOME QUINOXALINE DERIVATIVES FOR MILD STEEL IN ACID MEDIA(Oriental Journal of Chemistry, 2014-11-15) Saranya, J; Sounthari, P; Kiruthika, A; Saranya, G; Yuvarani, S; Parameswari, K; Chitra, SThe inhibition potential of four Quinoxaline derivatives namely 1,4-dihydroquinoxaline-2,3-dione, (3E)-3-hydrazinylidene-3,4-dihydroquinoxalin-2(1H)-one, 1-[(2E)-3-oxo-3,4-dihydroquinoxalin-2(1H)-ylidene]urea and 1-[(2E)-3-oxo-3,4-dihydroquinoxalin-2(1H)-ylidene]thiourea have been investigated against mild steel in 1M H2SO4 solution using conventional weight loss, electrochemical impedance spectroscopy, potentiodynamic polarization and atomic absorption spectroscopy. The percentage inhibition efficiency was found to increase with increase in the inhibitor concentration due to the adsorption of the inhibitor molecules on the metal surface. In addition, it was established that the adsorption follows Langmuir adsorption isotherm. Moreover, some thermodynamic data were calculated and discussed. The density functional theory at the B3LYP/6-311G (d,p) basis set level was performed for two inhibitors namely 1,4-dihydroquinoxaline-2,3-dione and (3E)-3-hydrazinylidene-3,4-dihydroquinoxalin-2(1H)-one. The quantum chemical parameters such as highest occupied molecular orbital energy (EHOMO), lowest unoccupied molecular orbital energy (ELUMO), energy gap (∆E), dipole moment (µ), softness (σ), hardness (η), electronegativity (χ), Mulliken atomic charges, the fraction of electrons transferred from the inhibitor to the metal surface (∆N) and the total energy (TE) have been calculated for these compounds. It was found that theoretical data support the experimental results.