Corrosion Inhibitors

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(inhibition) (inhibitor)
anodic oxidation cathodic reduction
protective film anodic,
cathodic mixed inhibitors inhibitors physical
(electrostatic) adsorption chemsorption
Physical adsorption (electrostatic attractive forces)
organic ions chemsorption
inhibitor
(coordinate - type bond) inhibitor
anodic dissolution cathodic evolution hydrogen

Inhibitors
1. Passivation inhibitors
Passivation inhibitors chemical - oxidizing substances chromates (CrO4 2-),
nitrites (NO2-) inorganic anions borates (BO33-, B4O72-, BO2-), phosphates (PO43-),
bromates (BrO3-), sulfates (SO42-) silicates (SiO32-)

Passivation inhibitors
inhibitors inhibitors

passivation inhibitors
(pitting)
Chromates inhibitors
recirculating - cooling - water systems internal combustion engines,
cooling towers sodium chromate 0.04 - 0.1%


chloride 10 ppm
Cr 6+ ion Cr 3+ ion Cr 6+ ion
Cr 3+ ion sludge chromate sludge

chromate ions
chromates chromates valences
chromates
Chromates
antifreeze solution antifreeze solution methanol
ethylene glycol sodium tetraborate (Na2B4O7
10H2O) borax borax sodium nitrite
polymetallic cooling systems cooling systems
borate nitrite
oxidizing agent
Nitrites antifreeze
alcohol ethylene glycol antifreeze
cooling - tower water systems bacteria nitrites
5 - 30% sodium nitrite
solution
O

2. Organic inhibitors
corrosion inhibitors
1 , sulfur, nitrogen,
oxygen phosphorus electron pairs chemsorption bond
protective film inhibitor
oxidation potential

protective film
electrolyte organic inhibitor protective film
inhibitors
sodium benzoate 0.05% sodium cinnamate

 0.2% pH 7.5 sodium chloride 17 ppm ethyl octenol 0.5%

Organic inhibitor sodium salt of 2 mercaptobenzothiazole 2 - benzothiazolethiol alloys

Organic inhibitors inhibitors
; acetylenic alcohols; sulfoxides; sulfides
mercaptans; aliphatic, aromatic heterocyclic compounds
polyamines phosphoramides
3. Precipitation inhibitors
Inhibitors protective film

calcium magnesium
protective film

Sodium polyphosphate 10 - 100 ppm pH 5 - 6

calcium magnesium orthophosphate
zinc
inhibitors thiourea - type compounds
sulfuric acid pickling baths silicates aluminium alkaline
cleaners inhibitors antirust paint systems red lead zinc chromate
inhibitors
inhibitors inhibitors

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FTIR spectroscopy, gas chromatography, column chromatography
sodium benzoate, sodium phosphate, sodium nitrate,
sodium sebacate, sodium carbonate, sodium chromate sodium nitrite

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1. James W. McCoy (1974). The Chemical Treatment of Cooling Water, Chemical Publishing
Company, New York.
2. Philip A. Schweitzer, P.E. (1989). Corrosion Inhibitors, Corrosion and Corrosion Protection
Handbook, 2nd ed. Marcel Dekker, Inc., New York and Basel, pp. 47-50.
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