November 27th & 28th, 2023

2nd International Conference on Electrochemical Science &Technology

Sétif, ALGERIA
"ICEST 2023"

TITLE PLANT EXTRACTS AS SUSTAINABLE AND GREEN

INHIBITORS FOR PROTECTION OF CARBON STEEL IN ACIDIC
MEDIUM
Lynda Abdelli1, Malika Nouadji1, Saida Marmi1
1
Department of matter sciences, Faculty of exact sciences and nature sciences, University Mohamed Khidher,
Biskra, Algeria
Corresponding author’s e-mail address: lynda.abdelli@univ-biskra.dz

Abstract:
The objective of this study was to evaluate the potential of 2 plant extracts as green
inhibitors for carbon steel in 1M HCl acid medium. The leaves of the plant were extracted and
tested for their inhibitory effect on carbon steel using the mass loss method. The results
showed that the maximum inhibitory efficiency of 90.79% was achieved with a concentration
of 2.28 g/L and 5 mL/L of the extract at room temperature. XRD and SEM characterization
was conducted on steel electrodes before and after 24 hours of immersion in 1M HCl solution,
both in the absence and presence of the extract. This analysis aimed to examine any structural
changes in the steel electrodes caused by corrosion and the presence of the green inhibitor.

Keywords: corrosion, inhibitors, plant extract, XRD, SEM.

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