Insight into synergistic corrosion inhibition of thiourea and ZnCl۲ on mild steel: Experimental and theoretical Approaches

Inhibition is the commonest device used to lessen metals and alloys corrosion, especially in acidic media. The synergistic effect of ZnCl۲ on the corrosion inhibition efficiency of thiourea on mild steel, in ۰.۵ M sulfuric acid solution, has been investigated using gravimetric measurements, electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS), scanning electron microscopy (SEM), and Fourier transfer infrared spectroscopy (FTIR) studies as well as density functional theory (DFT) calculations and Monte Carlo simulation. The results show that mild steel inhibition efficiency increase with increasing inhibitor concentrations, and a synergistic enhancement in inhibition efficiencies was observed when ZnCl۲ was added. On the surfaces of the corroding metal, inhibitor and inhibitor + ZnCl۲ adsorptions follow the Langmuir and Freundlich isotherms, respectively. SEM and FTIR examinations revealed that the metal surface had been coated with an inhibitor, preventing corrosion. The experimental results were agreeably interrelated with theoretical investigations.

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Freundlich ، physisorption ، Thermodynamic DFT ، sulphuric acid