The corrosion inhibition of Al and its alloys is the subject of tremendous technological importance due to the increased industrial applications of these materials. This study reports the corrosion inhibition of AA8011 aluminium alloy in acidic solutions using Newbouldia leavis leaf extract by way of gravimetric measurements. It was shown that the presence of Newbouldia leavis leaf extract inhibited the corrosion of aluminium in the test solutions and the inhibition efficiency depended on the concentration of the plant extract as well as on the time of exposure of the aluminium samples in H 2 SO 4 solutions containing the extract. The experimental data complied to the Langmuir adsorption isotherm and the value and sign of the Gibb's free energy of adsorption obtained suggested that inhibitor molecules have been spontaneously adsorbed onto the aluminium surface through a physical adsorption mechanism.

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Thin films of CdTe semiconductor were electrochemically deposited using two-electrode and three-electrode configurations in potentiostatic mode for comparison. Cadmium sulphate and tellurium dioxide were used as cadmium and tellurium sources, respectively. The layers obtained using both configurations exhibit similar structural, optical, and electrical properties with no specific dependence on any particular electrode configuration used. These results indicate that electrochemical deposition (electrodeposition) of CdTe and semiconductors in general can equally be carried out using two-electrode system as well as the conventional three-electrode system without compromising the essential qualities of the materials produced. The results also highlight the advantages of the two-electrode configuration in process simplification, cost reduction, and removal of a possible impurity source in the growth system, especially as the reference electrode ages.

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The effect of Euphorbia hirta and Dialum guineense leave extracts on the corrosion of aluminium in 0.25M NaOH was investigated using gravimetric technique. It was shown that the presence of Euphorbia hirta and Dialum guineense leave extracts inhibited the corrosion of aluminium in the test solutions and that the inhibition efficiency depended on the concentration of the plant extract as well as on the time of exposure of the aluminium samples in 0.25M NaOH solutions containing the extracts. Dialum guineense extract shows the best inhibition capability for aluminium corrosion in sodium hydroxide, probably, this is due to the planer orientation of the adsorbed extract molecules. Inhibition efficiency of the inhibitors tested increases with decreasing sodium hydroxide concentrations. The experimental data complied to both Langmuir and Temkin adsorption isotherms and the value and sign of the apparent activation energy of adsorption obtained suggests that inhibitor molecules have mixed inhibition mechanism.