Evaluation of the Anticorrosion and Adsorption Properties of Polyethylene Glycol and Polyvinyl Alcohol for Corrosion of Iron in 1.0 M NaCl Solution

Abstract

The inhibitory vigor of two polymer molecules namely, polyethylene glycol (PEG) and polyvinyl alcohol (PVA) against the corrosion of iron in 1.0 M NaCl was assessed by chemical and electrochemical technologies. All the computed corrosion parameters from all technologies confirm the inhibitory impact of PEG and PVA compounds. The anticorrosion efficiency increased with the concentration of the polymer molecules to reach 93% and 86% at 500-ppm concentration of PEG and PVA, respectively. The potentiodynamic polarization confirms that the two polymer molecules act as mixed inhibitors. The mechanism of the anticorrosion was explicated in terms of the spontaneous adsorption of these molecules on the iron interface according to the negative values of ΔGºads The surface morphology was revealed by SEM images and indicated the building of adsorbed film on the iron surface in the presence of PEG and PVA, which leads to the isolation of iron surface from the corroded NaCl solution. The activation and the adsorption thermodynamics parameters was determined and explicated.