Abstract
Abstract The inhibition behavior of cold rolled steel in 0.1 M hydrochloric acid (HCl) by ethylenediamine tetraacetic acid disodium (EDTA) in the absence and presence of benzotriazole (BTA) was investigated with Tafel polarization curve and electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS). The polarization curve results show that the single EDTA acts as an anodic type inhibitor while the combination of EDTA and BTA acts as mixed type inhibitor and mainly inhibits anodic reaction. All impedance spectra in EIS tests exhibit one capacitive loop which indicates that the corrosion reaction is controlled by charge transfer process. Inhibition efficiencies obtained from Tafel polarization, charge transfer resistance ( R t ) are consistent. The corrosion of cold rolled steel in 0.1 M HCl is obviously reduced by EDTA in combination with lower concentrations of BTA. Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR) and atomic force microscopy (AFM) were used to characterize the corrosion surface of cold rolled steel. Probable mechanisms are present to explain the experimental results.
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