Corrosion inhibition and adsorption mechanism studies of Hunteria umbellata seed husk extracts on mild steel immersed in acidic solutions

The corrosion inhibition characteristics of Hunteria umbellata seed husk extracts on mild steel immersed in 1 M HCl and H2SO4 solutions were investigated. Mass loss, atomic absorption spectroscopy (AAS), Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR), and scanning electron microscopy (SEM) were used...

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Main Authors: Kenneth Kanayo Alaneme, Sunday Joseph Olusegun, Oluwabunkunmi Tomi Adelowo
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2016-03-01
Series:Alexandria Engineering Journal
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1110016815001647