During this study, two inorganic glasses materials with chemical compositions of (1−x) (2Bi2 O3 ⋅B2 O3)–x BaO (with x=0.2 (BiB-Ba0.2) and x=0.6 and (BiB-Ba0.6)) were synthetized characterized and investigated as viable, ecofriendly, and sustainable inhibitors to mitigate copper corrosion in a highly caustic solution containing 0.5 M H2SO4 solution. To evaluate inhibition processes, several techniques were employed, including potentiodynamic polarization (PDP), electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS), X-ray diffraction (XRD), Fourier transforms infrared spectroscopy (FTIR), scanning electron microscopy (SEM), energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (EDS), and atomic force microscopy (AFM). Furthermore, the results show that the two inhibitors studied, BiB-Ba0.2 and BiB-Ba0.6, have higher corrosion inhibition efficiencies at the optimum concentration (10−3 M), reaching 91.2 % and 90.8 %, respectively. Moreover, these findings suggest that the two inorganic compounds elaborated possess inhibitors of mixed types. Copper oxide (Cu2O) production is markedly delayed when the two inhibitors are added to the acid medium, according to the findings of the XRD, FTIR, SEM/EDS, and AFM investigations. This outcome is explained by the development of a shield that lessens surface damage to copper metal, producing a smoother surface morphology.
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