Corrosion Inhibition of Mild Steel by Cetrimonium trans-4-Hydroxy Cinnamate : Entrapment and Delivery of the Anion Inhibitor through Speciation and Micellar Formation

Chemical inhibitors are widely used to protect metallic alloys from corrosion in aqueous environments. This Letter investigates the possible synergistic behavior of a quaternary ammonium carboxylate compound toward the development of a new system taking advantage of the surface activity of a known antimicrobial surfactant molecule, hexadecyl trimethylammonium cation, combined with a known organic corrosion inhibitor, the trans-4-hydroxy-cinnamate anion. Short-term potentiodynamic polarization (PP) studies combined with immersion in aqueous chloride solutions demonstrated the high inhibition efficiency of the combination of ions, and NMR pfg-diffusion measurements revealed micellar formation that was concentration- and pH-dependent. The NMR data suggest that speciation changes occur in the solution that correlate with enhanced corrosion inhibition efficiency at higher pH and at concentrations above the CMC of the compound. This new contribution may provide a rational molecular design toward delivering corrosion inhibitors to a metal surface through controlled speciation in solution.

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E-Artikel

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2020

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2020

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:11

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The journal of physical chemistry letters - 11(2020), 22 vom: 19. Nov., Seite 9886-9892

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Englisch

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Ghorbani, Mahdi [VerfasserIn]
Soto Puelles, Jhonatan [VerfasserIn]
Forsyth, Maria [VerfasserIn]
Catubig, Rainier A [VerfasserIn]
Ackland, Leigh [VerfasserIn]
Machuca, Laura [VerfasserIn]
Terryn, Herman [VerfasserIn]
Somers, Anthony E [VerfasserIn]

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Date Completed 23.11.2020

Date Revised 23.11.2020

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status PubMed-not-MEDLINE

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10.1021/acs.jpclett.0c02389

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NLM317383701