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Electrochimica Acta

The corrosion inhibition of newly synthesized Schiff base derivatives, namely (E)-3-(1-((2-aminophenyl)imino)ethyl)-4-hydroxy-6-methyl-2H-pyran-2-one (FMO), (E)-3-(1-((3-aminophenyl)imino)ethyl)-4-hydroxy-6-methyl-2H-pyran-2-one (FMM), and (E)-3-(1-((4-aminophenyl)imino)ethyl)-4-hydroxy-6-methyl-2H-pyran-2-one (FMP) was investigated for mild steel, in a 1.0 M HCl medium, using weight loss, electrochemical impedance spectroscopy, potentiodynamic polarization and theoretical calculations. FMO, FMM and FMP inhibition effectiveness increased with higher inhibitors concentrations, and decreased with a rise in temperature. Polarization studies showed that FMO, FMM and FMP were of mixed type nature. The results obtained from AC-impedance technique were analyzed to model the corrosion inhibition process through a suitable equivalent circuit model, where a constant phase element (CPE) has been used. FMO, FMM and FMP were found to obey Langmuir adsorption isotherm and Kinetic-Thermodynamic Model of El-Awady. Quantum chemical calculations were used to provide molecular based explanations for FMO, FMM and FMP inhibitive effects. Monte Carlo simulation studies and experimental results were in good agreement

The electrochemical corrosion behaviour of pipeline steel in a sulphuric acid environment, in the absence and presence of commercial Rutin (CR), was studied using electrochemical techniques. The polarization and impedance curves showed an excellent corrosion inhibition characteristic of Rutin, which was more cathodically controlled. Temperature increase slightly improved CR corrosion inhibition capacity. CR was able to increase the charge transfer resistance up to four days, and showed a smoother corrosion surface morphology in the study environment. Analysis of the corrosion surface film showed that Rutin was chemically adsorbed onto the pipeline steel surface.

Kinetics regularities of hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) on Armco iron and copper anodic ionization, covered with a hydrocarbon film based on I-20A oil with a fixed amount of gun grease of the highest quality (GGHQ), were studied at room temperature. The measurements were carried out in aqueous and methanol solutions with the electrolyte composition of x M HCl + (1 - x) M LiCl and 0.1 М HCl + х М LiCl + (3.9 - х) М LiClO4. The Tafel slope coefficients values, and the orders of reactions, with respect to hydrogen ions (Fe, Cu) and chloride-ions (Cu) were estimated. The effect of oxyethylated amines (OEA), introduced into the solution or hydrocarbon surface coating, on the kinetics of electrode processes, for iron and copper, has been studied. It is shown that HER mechanism on Armco iron and copper anodic ionization does not change in the presence of a hydrocarbon coating on the metal surface. Large OEA molecules freely penetrate from the solution through the hydrocarbon coating to the metal surface, changing partial electrode reactions kinetics. The results are interpreted taking into account the hydrocarbon films surface porous structure.

A new inhibitor Schiff base ether ligand, L1, di[(4-phenylamino)2,4-dihydroxy salicylaldehyde], was synthesized and characterized using mass spectra, elemental analysis, IR spectra, UV-Vis spectra, 1H NMR spectroscopy and thermal analysis. Electrochemical properties were investigated using cyclic Voltammetry (CV). The corrosion inhibition effect of the new prepared Schiff base was examined on mild steel (X48) in a 1 M HCl solution, by using gravimetric and electrochemical measurements. The potentiodynamic polarization results showed that the investigated Schiff base acted as a mixed kind inhibitor (cathodic/anodic), with some cathodic predominance. The adsorption procedure on X48 surface obeyed Langmuir isotherm. The associated adsorption activation factors and thermodynamic parameters were evaluated and interpreted. The inhibitor layer formed on the metal surface was characterized by AFM and SEM. The solid-state molecular geometry has been studied with the theoretical data obtained by density functional theory (DFT). Furthermore, the interaction between the inhibitor and Fe (1 1 0) surface was achieved by molecular dynamics simulations.

Two carbon paste electrodes for oxymetazoline hydrochloride were constructed based on ion pair complexes of this drug, with sodium tetraphenylborate (NaTPB) or ammonium reineckate, using dibutyl phthalate and dioctyl phthalate as solvent mediators, respectively. The developed electrodes displayed a fast, stable response over the concentration range from 3.98x10-5 to 1x10-2 M oxymetazoline hydrochloride, with a near-nernstian slope of 59.0, 58.2 mV of concentration decade-1 and a limit of detection (LOD) of 3.31x10-5 and 3.72x10-5 M, in the oxymetazoline-tetraphenylborate and oxymetazoline-reineckate cases, respectively. The developed electrodes have been successfully applied for oxymetazoline hydrochloride determination in the Afrin nasal drop pharmaceutical formulation.