Clitoria Ternatea Extracts As Corrosion Inhibitor （Clitoria Ternatea提取缓蚀剂）.pdfVIP

International Journal of Engineering Research and Development e-ISSN: 2278-067X, p-ISSN: 2278-800X, Volume 8, Issue 5 (August 2013), PP.64-67 Clitoria Ternatea- Extracts As Corrosion Inhibitor for Mild Steel in Acid Medium a A b Ananth Kumar , A.Sankar , M.Kumaravel S.Rameshkumar aKandaswami Kandars College, P. velur, Namakkal-638 182, India bPSG College of Technology Peelamedu, Coimbatore 641 004, India Abstract :- The corrosion inhibitive action of flower extracts of Clitoria ternata flower on mild steel corrosion in 0.5 M H SO solution was studied using weight loss method, potentiodynamic polarization and EIS 2 4 measurements. The results obtained indicate that the extracts functioned as good inhibitors in 0.5 M H SO 2 4 solution. Inhibition efficiency was found to increase with extract concentration. The adsorption of constituents in the plant extract on the surface of the metal is proposed for the inhibition behavior. Keywords:- Inhibitor, Mass loss, Impedance, Polarization, Clitoria ternata. I. INTRODUCTION Corrosion inhibitors are widely used in industry to reduce the corrosion rate of metals and alloys in contact with aggressive environments. Most of the corrosion inhibitors are synthetic chemicals, expensive, and very hazardous to environments. Therefore, it is desirable to source for environmentally safe inhibitors [1 -3]. There are some reports on the inhibition effects of non-toxic compounds on the Corrosion of meta