journal article·2026-03-10

Green corrosion inhibitors for mild steel in HCl medium: a comprehensive review on plant-based alternatives

Malathy Ramalingam, Deepalakshmi Damotharan, Ramkumar Vanaraj, Prabakaran Mayakrishnan, Ick Soo Kim

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Abstract

The purpose of the article is to create an awareness of the utilizing organic inhibitors (plant inhibitors) to resist rust of mild steel (MS), which helps to reduce corrosion in HCl acidic medium. So, the motive of throughout this work is to replace the toxic artificial corrosion preventer with a non-toxic organic inhibitor. There are various kinds of plants that help resist the corrosion of steel. Weight-loss measurements, electrochemical impendence (EIS), X-ray diffraction (XRD), Fourier transform infrared (FT-IR), ultraviolet spectroscopy, atomic force microscopy (AFM), scanning electron microscopy (SEM), and theoretical calculations are some of the tests that help to characterize the green corrosion inhibitor. Presence of corrosion-resisting compounds identified through the surface roughness of metal in morphological studies of SEM, AFM. The spectroscopical studies of FT-IR helpful to identify the aromatic functional groups of layer formation. The heteroatoms present in the plant extract are combined with a lone pair of electrons by the adsorption mechanism like chemisorption and physisorption. Langmuir adsorption isotherm helps to study the adsorption capacity of the surface of the metal to the plant extract. The corrosion of MS is reduced when the inhibitor’s concentration rises. This review article summarizes different kinds of organic corrosion preventer and their inhibition efficiency (IE%) based on various concentration. The preparation of the corrosion inhibitor in different solvents like ethanol, methanol, acetone, ethyl acetate, distilled water. The testing techniques of surface studies, corrosion studies, Electro chemical studies, spectroscopic studies are explained well in this review paper.
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OpenAlex topics: Corrosion Behavior and Inhibition · Concrete Corrosion and Durability · Hydrogen embrittlement and corrosion behaviors in metals

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Department of Civil Engineering, Sona College of Technology

School of Chemical Engineering, Yeungnam University

Institute for Fiber Engineering and Science (IFES), Interdisciplinary Cluster for Cutting Edge Research (ICCER), National University Corporation Shinshu University

Department of Biomaterials, Saveetha Dental College and Hospitals, SIMATS, Saveetha University

Nano Fusion Technology Research Lab, Interdisciplinary Cluster for Cutting Edge Research (IC-CER), Division of Frontier Fibers, Institute for Fiber Engineering (IFES), Shinshu University

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