Bio-based Polymers for Corrosion Resistant Infrastructure Materials

Sevil Ozsut, Dr. Ali Ghahremaninezhad

Department of Civil and Architectural Engineering, University of Miami
CAREER MRI
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Motivation Materials and Methods Results: Electrochemical Measurements Results: Electrochemical Measurements

Corrosion can be defined as a natural phenomenon caused

Methods:
by electrochemical reactions that result in the degradation of
metal with time and may damage the stability and unity of • Gravimetric measurements
the structure. Corrosion is a crucial issue for infrastructures • Electrochemical measurements
in terms of the safety risk associated with corroded
▪ Potentiodynamic Polarization,(PDP)
structures.
▪ Electrochemical Impedance Spectroscopy (EIS)

Figure 3: Molecular structure

of L-Methionine
Graph 3: Polarization curves of mild steel in 0.5M HCl Graph 6: Bode plots of mild steel in 0.5M HCl with
with different concentrations of L-Methionine different concentrations of L-Methionine
Results: Gravimetric Measurement

Its impacts range from economic costs to safety concerns.

As stated by USDOT in PHMSA Incident Files, corrosion
has the largest portion of the incidents in gas transmission
lines between the years of 2006 and 2010. For the economic
aspect of the corrosion for the industry, NACE international
report stated that globally corrosion-related costs account
for approximately 2.5 trillion USD, which is 3.4% of the
worldwide gross domestic product.

▪ Causes of significant
incidents in onshore
and offshore pipelines
(Source: PHMSA Filtered Incident
Files) Graph 1: Corrosion Rate (in mm/year) of mild steel in
0.5M HCl with different concentrations of L-Methionine Graph 4: Polarization curves of mild steel sample of Graph 7: Phase angle plots of mild steel in 0.5M HCl with
control and 0.02% L-Methionine different concentrations of L-Methionine

Conclusion

Objectives • L-Methionine functions as an inhibitor of mild steel

corrosion in 0.5 M HCl solution.
The main objective is to investigate genetically engineered • The inhibition performance of L-Methionine increased
peptides, which are a type of biopolymer derived from with concentration.
biomass, for mitigating corrosion of infrastructure materials, • It could provide inhibition efficiency up to 81% with
mainly for metals. concentration of 0.02%.
• Both gravimetric and electrochemical measurements
Materials and Methods support its efficiency for corrosion mitigation in mild
steel.
Materials:
• Mild steel coupons (10mm x 10mm x 2mm) Acknowledgements
• L-Methionine (98% reagent, no further purification)
• 0.5M HCl as an electrolyte solution
Graph 2: Inhibition Efficiency (in %) of of mild steel in Graph 5: Nyquist plots of mild steel in 0.5M HCl with
• Used solutions: Control and 0.002% to 0.02% L- 0.5M HCl with different concentrations of L-Methionine different concentrations of L-Methionine
Methionine CAREER MRI
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