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Understanding the Corrosion Inhibition Mechanism of Mild Steel in Hydrochloric Acid by a Triazole Derivative: A Combined Experimental and Theoretical Approach

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The effect of an heterocycle triazole, namely (1-(4-methoxyphenyl)-1H-1,2,3-triazol-4-yl)methanol (MTM) on the corrosion of mild steel in hydrochloric acid solution has been investigated using electrochemical methods for a wide temperature range, FT-IR spectroscopy and SEM techniques. MTM was found to inhibit the corrosion of steel by adsorbing to a great extent, even at high temperatures. Computational results point to the phenyl ring as the main structural part which is responsible of the adsorption by electron-accepting to the mild steel surface, while the triazol ring is responsible for the electron-donating. Molecular dynamics simulations (MD), reduced density gradient (RDG), radial distribution function (RDF) provides further insights into the interpretation of inhibition mechanism in a more realistic condition, confirming that the MTM can effectively protect mild steel against corrosion by constraining the diffusion of the particles present on the steel surface.

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The authors are grateful to the Center of Analyses and Characterization (CAC) of University Caddy Ayyad, Morocco.

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  1. Laboratoire de chimie Analytiqueet Moléculaire /LCAM, Université Cadi Ayyad, Faculté Polydisciplinaire, 46 000, Safi, Morocco

    Aziz Boutouil, Meryem Hrimla, My Rachid Laamari, Ilham Elazhary, H. Ben El Ayouchia, Mohammadine El Haddad, Hafid Anane & Salah-Eddine Stiriba

  2. Instituto de Ciencia Molecular/ICMol, Universidad de Valencia, 46980, Valencia, Spain

    Salah-Eddine Stiriba

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Aziz Boutouil, Hrimla, M., Laamari, M.R. et al. Understanding the Corrosion Inhibition Mechanism of Mild Steel in Hydrochloric Acid by a Triazole Derivative: A Combined Experimental and Theoretical Approach. Prot Met Phys Chem Surf 55, 973–985 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1134/S2070205119050046

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