“…And the strong correlation (R 2 > 0.97) indicates that the adsorption of BTAOH on mild steel surface obeys to Langmuir isotherm. Moreover, the adsorption equilibrium constant can be deduced from the intercept of the fitting straight line on the C/H-axis, and it can be used to calculate the standard free energy of adsorption (ÁG Table 2, and the value is 740.74 L/mol and [28][29][30][31] In general, when the absolute value of ÁG 0 ads is no more than 20 KJ/mol, the interaction between inhibitor molecules and metal surface is electrostatic force (physisorption), while for that is no less than 40 KJ/mol, the interaction between inhibitor and metal surface may include sharing and transfer of electrons from organic molecules to the metal surface to form a coordinate type bond (chemisorption). 28,29 In this job, the ¹26.76 KJ/mol of ÁG 0 ads value means the adsorption of BTAOH on mild steel surface is physisorption.…”