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Modification of conducting arylidene copolymers by formation of inclusion complexes: synthesis, characterization, and applications as highly corrosion inhibitors for mild steel

Research Abstract

Modifying the metal surface is one solution to the industry’s growing corrosion problem. Thus, via threading approach and insertion of copolymers (CoP5-7) containing polyarylidenes through the internal cavity beta-cyclodextrin β-CD, novel pseudopolyrotaxanes copolymers (PC5-7) are developed, resulting in mild steel corrosion inhibition. Inhibitors of corrosion based on β-CD molecules adsorb strongly to metal surfaces because of their many polar groups, adsorption centers, many linkages of side chains, and benzene rings. The corrosion inhibition efficiencies IE % statistics have been revised via the Tafel polarization method and Spectroscopy based on the electrochemical impedance (EIS), with PC7 achieving the highest 99.93% in 1.0 M H2SO4; they are mixed-type inhibitors. The chemical composition of the resulting PCs is determined with Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR), Scanning electron …

Research Authors
Hemat M Dardeer, Mohamed Abdel-Hakim, Kamal I Aly, Marwa M Sayed
Research Date
Research Department
Research Journal
BMC chemistry
Research Member
Research Pages
77
Research Publisher
Springer International Publishing
Research Year
2023