The water soluble composite poly(vinylpyrrolidone–methylaniline): A new class of corrosion inhibitors of mild steel in hydrochloric acid media

Abstract

In recent years poly methyl aniline has been reported as one of the efficient corrosion inhibitors of mild steel in acidic media. In view of the major limitation of the insolubility of polymethyl aniline PMA, we propose to convert PMA into a water soluble composite using supporting polymer polyvinylpyrrolidone to get higher solubility and corrosion inhibition efficiency. The water soluble composite poly(vinylpyrrolidone-methyl aniline) was synthesized by chemical oxidative polymerization and its inhibitive effect on mild steel in 1M HCl has been investigated using weight loss and electrochemical techniques (potentiodynamic polarization studies and impedance spectroscopy). SEM and EDX analyses are carried out to establish a protective film formation on the metal surface.