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Electrochimica Acta

The effect of the phenolic (OOMW-Ph) and non-phenolic (OOMW-NPh) fractions of the extract of olive oil mill wastewaters was evaluated as corrosion inhibitor of steel in molar hydrochloric using weight loss measurements and electrochemical polarisation. The results obtained reveal that the referred compounds reduce the corrosion rate. The inhibiting action increases with the concentration of the extract compounds to attain 88.9% and 89.1% of OOMW-Ph and OOMW-NPh, respectively. The increase in temperature leads to a decrease in the inhibition efficiency of the compounds in the temperature range 303 at 333 K. The adsorption isotherm of the inhibitors on the steel surface has been determined. The thermodynamic data of activation and adsorption are determined as well. The phenolic compound (bioactive) most abundant in OOMW extracts is hydroxytyrosol (4 - (2-hydroxyethyl) -1, 2-benzenediol), playing an important role in the effect of the anti-corrosion, either alone or in synergy with other two compounds (tyrosol and oleuropein (4 - (2-hydroxyethyl) phenol) which are present with considerable amounts.

Electrochemical metal nucleation is the method for the formation of metal nanoparticles on the electrode surface. Studying the early stage of electronucleation is simpler than other methods as the driving force for nucleation is achieved by changing deposition potentials and concentration of metal ions. In this work, the potential step electrochemical deposition of palladium was studied from its chloride solution at room temperature on glassy carbon electrode surface. The nucleation mechanism was studied by analysis of the resulting current transients. Accordingly, the initial electro-nucleation mechanism of palladium nanoparticles was found to be varying depending on deposition conditions such as deposition potential and palladium concentration. It can be changed from 3D instantaneous (for all deposition potentials studied and in higher electrolytic concentration) to 3D progressive nucleation mechanism (for lower deposition potential and lower electrolytic concentration). In addition, the nucleation rate for each deposition potential as well as the concentration has been determined. The nucleation rate in this research is used to calculate the nuclei density and found to decrease from more negative deposition potential to more positive deposition potential in agreement with the observed shift in electronucleation mechanism.

The inhibition of the corrosion of Mild Steel (MS) in 1 M HCl solution by a new synthesised organic compound, namely 1,1'-(2,2'-(2,2'-oxybis(ethane-2,1-diyl)bis (sulfanediyl))bis(ethane-2,1-diyl))diazepan-2-one, has been studied by weight loss measurements, electrochemical polarisation and electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS). The experimental results have showed that this organic compound revealed a good corrosion inhibition and the inhibition efficiency is increased with the inhibitor concentration to reach 97% at 1 mM. Potentiodynamic polarisation suggested that it is a mixed type of inhibitor. EIS measurements show an increase of the polarisation resistance with the inhibitor concentration and the electrical equivalent circuit is determined. The inhibitor adsorption process on (MS) surfaces obeys the Langmuir adsorption isotherm and the adsorption isotherm parameters (Kads, ΔGads, ΔHads and ΔSads) were determined. The temperature effect on the corrosion behaviour of (MS) in 1 M HCl without and with inhibitor at different concentration was studied in the temperature range from 308 to 353 K and the kinetic parameters activation such as Ea, ΔHa and ΔSa were evaluated.

Adsorptive stripping voltammetry was used to prospect the adsorption property of montelukast sodium (MKST) on the hanging mercury drop electrode (HMDE). Through appointing the adsorptive stripping voltammetric (AdSV) process, a sensitive electroanalytical method for the quantitative analysis of MKST was accomplished. A well-developed voltammetric peak was obtained in pH 10 Britton-Robinson buffer (B-R buffer) at -1.080 V. The cyclic voltammetric studies indicated that the reduction process was irreversible and primarily controlled by adsorption phenomena. The studies of the variation of adsorptive voltammetric peak current with buffer electrolyte, pH, accumulation time (tacc), accumulation potential (Eacc), sweep rate, pulse amplitude, square wave frequency, working electrode area and convection rate have evaluated in the recognition of optimal experimental conditions for MKST analysis. The studied electroanalytical signal showed a linear response for MKST in the concentration range 510-8- 110-6 mol L-1 (r = 0.994). A detection limit of 410-9 mol L-1 with relative standard deviation of 1.1 RSD% and mean recovery of 102%±2.0 were obtained. The possible interferences by several compounds usually present in the pharmaceutical formulation were also evaluated. The analytical quantification of MKST drug in commercially available pharmaceutical formulation and biological samples was electrochemically studied.

Lead present in several industrial wastes has deleterious effects on the quality of water. Cathodic deposition has been considered as one of the suitable means for lead removal. Experiments were carried out using a lab-scale electrochemical cell incorporating flow-by porous graphite electrodes at steady state conditions. The effects of flow rate, current density, lead influent concentration and pH, on lead removal efficiency, current efficiency, lead removal rates, and cell potential, were investigated. It was found that the maximum removal efficiency (97.75%) was obtained at flow rate (100 mL/min), for initial concentration (40 mg/L), with a residual concentration (0.9 mg/L) and maximum current efficiency of (60.7%). In addition, the recovery of lead from wastewater was investigated.