Kola nitida (KN) extract was assessed
for its ability to hinder corrosion of mild steel in 0.1 M HCl solution
by means of gravimetric and electrochemical tests. KN extract was
found to efficiently retard mild steel corrosion in this system, with
the effect becoming more pronounced as KN extract concentration increased
and slightly subdued as immersion time lengthened. From the polarization
and impedance results, KN extract was seen to affect both the cathodic
and the anodic reactions following adsorption of organic species from
the extract on the metal/solution interface. The presence of such
organics was confirmed by UV–visible spectrophotometry and
gas chromatography–mass spectroscopy analyses. Selected constituents
of the extract were modeled in order to assess their adsorbability
using the density functional theory (DFT) and revealed remarkably
high interaction energies, which corroborate the experimental findings.
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