Inhibition ability of green tea extract (GTE) on the C38 steel (CS) in 1.0 M HCl was evaluated using different methods such as: weight loss, electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS) and potentiodynamic polarization (PDP) methods at various temperatures. Polarisation curves show that GTE acts essentially as mixed-type inhibitor controlling cathodic and anodic reactions with slight predominant in cathodic branches. EIS results indicate the increase of resistance transfer (R_t) while double layer capacitance (C_dl) decrease in the rise of green tea extract (GTE) concentrations. Obtained results also showed that the inhibition efficiency decreased with a rise in the temperature. Activation energy (E_a), enthalpy (ΔH_a*) and entropy and (ΔS_a*) of corrosion process were estimated using experimental measurements. © 2017 The Authors.

Title

International Journal of Electrochemical Science

Publisher

Electrochemical Science Group

Publisher Country

United States of America

Indexing

Thomson Reuters

Impact Factor

1.692

Publication Type

Prtinted only

Volume

12

Year

2017

Pages

3283-3295