Capparidaceae (Capparis
spinosa), is a common perennial shrub and woody plant, typically Mediterranean,
largely used in folk medicine in the Mediterranean countries including Morocco.
The effect of Capparis Spinosa (CSE) on the corrosion inhibition of carbon
steel in 1 M hydrochloric acid (HCl) solution was evaluated by several
analytical methods, among these are weight loss method, potentiodynamic
polarization and impedance spectroscopy (EIS).
Results showed that CSE inhibits the
corrosion of steel and the inhibition is more efficient at high concentration
of CSE. Results also showed that, the inhibition decrease at higher
temperature. Potentiodynamic polarization studies clearly reveal that
CSE acts as a cathodic inhibitor. The adsorption of Capparis Spinosa on carbon
steel was found to obey the Langmuir adsorption isotherm. The activation
energies and enthalpies of the corrosion process of carbon steel in acidic medium
of CSE were also calculated.
The inhibitive action of Hydroxylammonium sulfate ((NH3OH)2SO4) (HAS) on corrosion inhibition of carbon steel (CS) in 1M HCl was studied by weight loss, potentiodynamic polarization, electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS) and effect of temperature. The measurements show that inhibition efficiencies increases with increasing of HAS concentrations but decreases with increasing temperatures. This reveals that inhibitive action of inhibitor was mainly due to adsorption on the carbon steel surface and blocked the active sites. The above results showed that HAS acted as a mixed-type corrosion inhibitor. The adsorption of HAS on the carbon steel surface obeyed the Langmuir adsorption isotherm. This was supported by the impedance measurements which showed a change in the charge transfer resistance and double layer capacitance indicating adsorption of HAS on the carbon steel surface. Thermodynamic parameters of studied inhibitor were calculated and discused.