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Antihypertensive drugs as an inhibitors for corrosion of aluminum and aluminum silicon alloys in aqueous solutions

Arabian Journal of Chemistry • 2012
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Authors M Abdallah, I Zaafarany, SO Al-Karanee, AA Abd El-Fattah
Keywords Not Available
Journal Arabian Journal of Chemistry
Publisher Not Available
Volume 5
Issue 2
Pages 225
publication.type International
Paper Link Open Link
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Abstract
The corrosion behavior of aluminum and three aluminum–silicon alloys in different concentrations of HCl solutions and its inhibition by antihypertensive drugs was studied using potentiostatic polarization measurements. As the acid concentration increases, the rate of corrosion increases. Aluminum is less susceptible to corrosion than any of Al–Si alloys. The inhibition efficiency of the drug compounds increases with their concentration up to a critical value. At higher additive concentrations the inhibition efficiency starts to decrease. The inhibitive action of these compounds is due to their formation of insoluble complex adsorbed on the metal surface. The adsorption follows Langmuir adsorption isotherms. It was found that the drugs compounds provide protection to Al and Al–Si alloys against pitting corrosion by shifting the pitting potential to more positive direction until critical drug concentrations (250 ppm). After this critical concentration the inhibition against to pitting corrosion starts to decrease.