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Use of Thymus vulgaris Extract as Green Corrosion Inhibitor for Bronze in Acid Rain

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A study on the use of methanolic extract of Thymus vulgaris leaves as green corrosion inhibitor for bronze in simulated acid rain has been carried out using gravimetric and electrochemical tests. Electrochemical tests included potentiodynamic polarization curves and electrochemical impedance spectroscopy. Inhibitor concentrations were in the range 0–1000 ppm, whereas testing temperatures included 25, 40 and 60 °C. The results indicate that T. vulgaris is a good, anodic type of inhibitor with an efficiency that increased with the inhibitor concentration, reaching its maximum value, higher than 90%, at a concentration of 800 ppm, but it decreased as the temperature increased from 25 down to 60 °C. The inhibitor is physically adsorbed onto the metal surface according to a Langmuir adsorption isotherm at the different testing temperatures. The extract contains many antioxidants being the most abundant ones phenol, 2-metil-5-(1-metilethyl)- and d, α-tocopherol which give to the extract its inhibitory properties.

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Gonzalez-Rodriguez, J.G., Gutierrez-Granda, D.G., Larios-Galvez, A.K. et al. Use of Thymus vulgaris Extract as Green Corrosion Inhibitor for Bronze in Acid Rain. J Bio Tribo Corros 8, 77 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40735-022-00676-y

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