“…Compounds known to act through this mechanism for copper are tannic acids, gallic acid, simple amines and hydrazines, quinine and strychnine, monosaccharides, aqueous extracts of various leaves and fruit peels, and substituted benzotria-zo1es.72,73~si-84 For steel, polyacrylic acids, which contain multiple carboxyl groups (similar to humic and fulvic acids), have proved to be excellent corrosion inhibitors. 85 In general, both the specific metal and the oxidation state of the sorbed organic molecule will determine the efficiency of corrosion inhibition. 86 Finally, organic materials can alter the nature of solids that form in their presence and, possibly, the ability of solids to passivate the underlying metal.…”