An environment friendly inhibitor, chitosan thiophene carboxaldehyde Schiff base, was synthesized by a condensation reaction of the carbonyl group of thiophene 2-carboxaldehyde and free amino groups of chitosan. The chitosan Schiff base was characterized by UV spectroscopy, Fourier transform IR spectroscopy, elemental analysis and thermal analysis. The surface morphology of the Schiff base derivative was examined by SEM. Gravimetric and electrochemical techniques were used to explore the behaviour of the chitosan thiophene derivative as a corrosion inhibitor for mild steel in an acidic environment. The effects of inhibitor concentration, exposure time and temperature were investigated. The chitosan Schiff base showed a good inhibition performance of 92% inhibition efficiency at room temperature for 12 h of immersion in a weight loss experiment. The electrochemical results showed that the chitosan derivative acts as an effective mixed type inhibitor. The adsorption of the inhibitor followed the Temkin isotherm model. SEM and AFM techniques were used to characterize the protective layer formed on the mild steel substrate.
EXPERIMENTAL MaterialsChitosan was purchased from Himedia with a deacetylation degree of 75%. Thiophene 2-carboxaldehyde and acetone were purchased from Avra Synthesis. Ethanol and hydrochloric acid were purchased from Himedia. The reagents were of
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