Abstract
The influence of Cephapirin drug on the corrosion of carbon steel (CS) in 2 M HCl solutions has been examined by mass loss (ML), and electrochemical methods. The results demonstrated that Cephapirin drug acts as good inhibitor for CS corrosion. The inhibition efficiency increased as the concentration of the drug increases. Potentiodynamic polarization (PDP) studies showed that Cephapirin is mixed-type inhibitor. The electrochemical impedance spectra (EIS) studies reveal that the process of inhibition is through charge transfer. The adsorption of the drug on metal surface obeyed Temkin adsorption isotherm. The surface analysis of the CS was investigated using Attenuated total reflectance spectroscopy (ATR-FTIR) and UV–visible reflectance spectroscopy. Surface analysis of CS confirmed the existence of a protective adsorbed film of the drug on the metal surface. The quantum chemical calculations of the drug molecule in aqueous phase were done using density functional theory (DFT) method and discussed to correlate the theoretical and experimental data. The inhibition efficiency of Cephapirin drug obtained by chemical and electrochemical methods was in good correlation with each other.
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