Experimental and computational studies of the corrosion inhibitive effects of Zingiber officinale rhizomes on mild steel corrosion in acidic solutions

Chinonso Adindu; Simeon Nwanonenyi; Chinyere Ikpa

doi:10.46481/jnsps.2023.1386

Authors

C. B. Adindu
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Department of Chemistry, Imo State University, P.M.B 2000 Owerri, Imo State, Nigeria
S. C. Nwanonenyi
Department of Polymer and Textile Engineering, Federal University of Technology, P.M.B.1526, Owerri, Nigeria
C. B. C. Ikpa
Department of Chemistry, Imo State University, P.M.B 2000 Owerri, Imo State, Nigeria

Keywords:

Zingiber officinale, solvation molecules, corrosion, molecular dynamic simulation,, Inhibition Efficiency

Abstract

The study investigates the anticorrosion potentials of Zingiber officinale (ZO) on mild steel induced in 1.0 M HCl and 0.5 M H₂SO₄ acid solution respectively using structural characterization (gas chromatography-mass spectroscopy, GC-MS and Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy, FTIR) and electrochemical (electrochemical impedance spectroscopy, EIS and potentiodynamic polarization, PDP) techniques respectively and theoretical simulations. The structural characterization was performed to identify chemical constituents and functional groups present in the plant extract whereas electrochemical techniques and theoretical computations were used to examine the anticorrosion potentials of the extract and validate the experimental results. The GC-MS result revealed the presence of twenty-three (23) compounds within the extract and out of which three (1-(1,5-dimethyl-4-hexenyl)-4-methyl-, dodecanoic acid and 9-Octadecenoic acid (Z)-2-hydroxy-1-(hydroxymethyl)ethyl ester) were selected for computational simulation and the results of FTIR revealed the presence of the following functional groups (O-H, C=C, C=O, C-C and C-H) in the ZO extract. The results of EIS revealed that extract of ZO exhibited corrosion inhibition efficieny of 82.7% and 93.6 % for mild steel in 1 M HCl and 0.5 M H₂SO₄ solution respectively at maximum inhibitor concentration of 1000 mg/L for mild steel. Also, PDP results revealed that ZO extract functioned as mixed inhibitor because both the anodic and cathodic reaction process was altered. The quantum chemical calculation results revealed that 9- Octadecenoic acid (Z)-2-hydroxy-1-(hydroxymethyl) ethyl ester had a good energy gap (\Delta E) compared to other two compounds, indicating its better adsorption interaction with the metal surface in sulfuric acid environment. This was further confirmed by its good adsorption energy of -355.55 Kcal/mol with mild steel surface in H₂SO₄environment compared with -167.81Kcal/mol in HCl environment from the molecular dynamic simulation.

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