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L-Tryptophan as green corrosion inhibitor for low carbon steel in hydrochloric acid solution
Abstract
The inhibition behavior of low carbon steel in 1 M HCl by L-tryptophan was investigated with weight loss
experiment and Tafel polarization curve in the used temperature range (298–328 K). All the experimental results show that L-tryptophan has excellent corrosion inhibition performance and the most effective concentration of inhibitor is 1 x 10-2 mol L-1. The Tafel polarization curve results indicate that L-tryptophan acts more as a cathodic than anodic inhibitor. The adsorption of L-tryptophan on the surface of low carbon steel obeys the Langmuir adsorption isotherm, and the thermodynamic parameters were determined and discussed. The adsorption behavior of L-tryptophan at Fe surface (1 1 0) was also investigated by the molecule dynamics simulation method and density functional theory. The results indicated that the
L-tryptophan could adsorb firmly on the Fe surface through the indole ring with p-electrons and nitrogen/oxygen atom with lone-pair electrons in its molecule.
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