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1rhe effect of cashevv juice .extract
on corros1on inhibition of mild
steel in HCI
by Dr C A Loto and A I Mohammed
C e ntre for Engineering Research , King Fahd University of Petr oleum & Minerals, Dhahran,
Saudi A rabia
. ext'r act 'accelerates 'the~ corrosion' of the:specimen under the;'c'or{diiicm ~''-~f;_th'e.;~ests;}:lowever(the ,.~~,c
apple~jui~~ extract at a;concef1tration _ of._ imlll 0011')1 o( O. I M. HCI :gives1'gobd.-~~sulci. of corro~ion.::,;.
inhibition .of mor~ th~~ ,~verai~ pericirm~~c~;~: as -shCSwn: by _'the. calc~h;:t:~~/i~nibib:>r effi~iency. :~~i;:':.:>:;~f,
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test specimens was removed every five I
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days, washed with distilled water, rinsed '
with methanol, dried and re-weighed.
Cu rves of the weight-loss versus the
exposure time, and the corresponding
corrosion rate versus exposure time, were
made, and are shown in Figs 1-12. All the
experiments were performed at ambient
temperature. The percentage inhibitor
efficiency, P, for each of the results obtained
on the last day of the experiment was
Fig.3. Variation of weight loss with exposure calculated from the relationship:
time for the steel specimen immersed in O.lM
HCl with varied concentrations of added
cashew nut-juice extract. The key is as Fig.l.
Where wl and w2 are respectively, the
Fig.4 'Variation of corrosion rate with corrosion rates in the absence and presence
exposure time for the steel specimen
immersed in O.lM HCl with varied of the predetermined concentration of
concentrations of added cashew nut-juice inhibitor. Table 1 shows the results
extract. The key is as in Fig.l. obtained.
Potential measurements
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1 0.32 25.58
5 0.36 16.28
1 0.44 -2.33
5 0.45 -4.65
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1 0.29 32 .56
5 0.23 46 .51
Table 1. Inhibitor efficiency of cashew juice extracts for the mild steel immersed in 0.1M HCl
at ambient temperature. (Note: the corrosion rate for the mild steel immersed in 0.1M HCl
without any cashew juice extract addition is 0.43mm lyr.)
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to inhibit corrosion of the mild steel in the The reason for this phenomenon has been
test environment. explained above.
Fig.14, which shows the curves for the The apple-juice extract at all
addition of nut-juice extract, follows the concentrations (1, 2, and 5mll100ml HCl)
same trend as Fig.13. The observation used gives positive inhibitor-efficiency
here is that of the acceleration of corrosion. values. The best result of 53.49% efficiency
On average, all the juice concentrations was obtained with the addition of 2ml
added to the acid test medium achieved, apple-juice extract/lOOml of HCl
on the last day of the experiment, a concentration. The 5ml-juice extract comes
potential value of -550mV, while at the nextwith46.51%. Thestrikingobservation
same period the test without any juice with the apple-juice extract is that, at 2ml-
addition recorded a potential value of - juice extract addition, the optimum level
380mV. The results in Figs 13 and 14 are of juice addition appears to have been
in agreement with the results obtained in reached. This is because, with the 5ml-
Figs 1-4 for the weight-loss method. juice addition, the inhibitor efficiency
Fig.15 shows the variation of potential reduces; and at lml juice addition, the
(vs. SCE) with exposure time for the steel percent inhibitor efficiency is just 32.56%.
specimen immersed in O.lM HCl with All the results obtained for the inhibitor :::::-::::~ ::
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varied concentrations of added cashew efficiency follow the same trend as the -
apple-juice extract. Just as in Figs 5 and 6, results obtained with the weight-loss and
this is the only juice extract out of the potential measurements. No test was
three that gives a fairly good result. All the performed for the synergistic effect of the
curves show better performance in terms juices because of the low values recorded
of potential values than the test without for the bark juice and the negative values
the juice addition, which has more negative for the nut-juice extract.
potential values that range from -330mV
to -390mV. In all the tests with the varied
apple-juice concentration addition, the Conclusion
potential values range from -235m V to -
330mV. These potential results thus follow 1. The bark-juice extract, at the
the same trend of corrosion inhibition as concentrations used, cannot inhibit
the results obtained for the weight-loss the corrosion of mild steel in O.lM
method. The test with the 2ml apple-juice HCl at ambient temperature.
addition has the least-negative value of
the potential (-235mV) on the 25th day of 2. The nut-juice extract, at the
the experiment. The 5ml juice sample, concentrations used, is unsuitable
which achieved a potential of -261mVon for use as a corrosion inhibitor for
the last day (25th) of the experiment, also the mild steel at a H Cl concentration
follows this pattern. The juice with lmll of O.lM, as it accelerates corrosion
lOOml of HCl performed similarly well, of the steel.
though with a more-negative potential of-
330mV on the last day of the experiment. 3. The good result obtained with the
use of apple-juice extract indicates
Inhibitor efficiency its viability as a corrosion inhibitor
for mild steel in O.lM HCl at the
Presented in Table 1 are the results (by ambient temperature if the right
calculation) obtained for the inhibitor concentration, such as the 2ml juice
efficiency of the various juice extracts used extract/lOOml HCl , is used.
at different concentrations. The inhibitor However, the inhibitor efficiency is
efficiency of all concentrations of the bark- just barely above the average.
juice extract is. very low - the highest being
27.91% at 2ml extract/lOOml HCl. For
corrosion prevention, this result is Acknowledgement
inconsequential and is in agreement with
the results obtained with the weight-loss The authors acknowledge the use of
and potential measurements. facilities for the preparation of this paper
The negative percentage values at the Centre for Engineering Research,
obtained for the inhibitor efficiency of the The Research Institute, King Fahd
nut-juice extract at all concentrations University of Petroleum & Minerals,
indicate that the juice accelerated the Dhahran, Saudi Arabia.
corrosion of mild steel specimens in the
HCl test medium instead of inhibiting it. concluded on page 63
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