Copper corrosion prevention in 3.5% NaCl solution by Spartium junceum petals extract as an eco-friendly bio-inhibitor: kinetic and thermodynamic studies.

During the last decades, numerous studies were performed to introduce green corrosion inhibitors. So, various materials were utilized due to their being bio-degradable, available, and inexpensive. Because of the aforementioned aspects, Spartium Junceum petals extract (SJPE) was used as a new bio-inhibitor for the prevention of copper corrosion in a 3.5 wt% NaCl solution. This extract was obtained in water as a non-toxic solvent. Also, gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS) confirmed the presence of organic molecules containing O, N, and F heteroatoms in SJPE, which are important for inhibitors. Also, Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy (FT-IR) was used to identify the functional groups of the inhibitor molecules. Moreover, electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS) and potentiodynamic polarization techniques were used which verified the great effect of this procedure to promote resistance corrosion of copper substrate. In addition, scanning electron microscopy (SEM) exhibited the surface morphology of copper substrate in the presence of SJPE which demonstrated the improvement of corrosion resistance in comparison to the absence of this bio-inhibitor. It should be noted that by increasing the amount of SJPE, the inhibition efficiency was ameliorated up to 87.8%. Furthermore, variation in temperature magnitude between 298 and 338 K implied that SPJE can improve inhibition behavior in higher temperatures. By applying temperature effect study data, the value of activation energy in the presence of the inhibitor was calculated (37.9 kJ mol), and the adsorption isotherm was Langmuir. Also, these data showed the inhibition mechanism is physical adsorption. The proposed inhibitor can be used as an efficient, eco-friendly, and inexpensive bio-inhibitor for the prevention of copper corrosion.