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Essential oil of “Foeniculum vulgare”: antioxidant and corrosion inhibitor on mild steel immersed in hydrochloric medium

Asmae Bouoidina (Department of Chemistry, Sidi Mohamed Ben Abdellah University, Fez, Morocco)
Mehdi Chaouch (Department of Chemistry, Sidi Mohamed Ben Abdellah University, Fez, Morocco)
Abdelfattah Abdellaoui (Department of Chemistry, Sidi Mohamed Ben Abdellah University, Fez, Morocco)
Amal Lahkimi (Department of Chemistry, Sidi Mohamed Ben Abdellah University, Fez, Morocco)
Belkheir Hammouti (Department of Chemistry, University of Mohammed Premier, Oujda, Morocco)
Fadoua El-Hajjaji (Department of Chemistry, Sidi Mohamed Ben Abdellah University, Fez, Morocco)
Mustapha Taleb (Department of Chemistry, Sidi Mohamed Ben Abdellah University, Fez, Morocco)
Ayssar Nahle (Department of Chemistry, University of Sharjah, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates)

Anti-Corrosion Methods and Materials

ISSN: 0003-5599

Article publication date: 4 September 2017

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Abstract

Purpose

The inhibition effect of Foeniculum vulgare seeds’ (FVS) extract on the corrosion of mild steel in acidic medium was studied using weight loss, electrochemical impedance spectroscopy and Tafel polarization, as well as the surface morphology of the mild steel.

Design/methodology/approach

Weight loss measurements, potentiodynamic tests, electrochemical impedance spectroscopy studies and gas chromatography/mass spectrometry and scanning electron microscopy analysis of FVS extract were performed.

Findings

FVS extract acts as a good inhibitor for the corrosion of mild steel in 1.0 M HCl. The inhibition efficiency increases with the increase in inhibitor concentration but decreases with the increase of temperature.

Practical implications

FVS extract was observed to play an important role in the corrosion inhibition of mild steel in acidic solution.

Originality/value

This paper is intended to be added to the family of green inhibitors which are highly efficient inhibitors and can be used in the area of corrosion prevention and control.

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Citation

Bouoidina, A., Chaouch, M., Abdellaoui, A., Lahkimi, A., Hammouti, B., El-Hajjaji, F., Taleb, M. and Nahle, A. (2017), "Essential oil of “Foeniculum vulgare”: antioxidant and corrosion inhibitor on mild steel immersed in hydrochloric medium", Anti-Corrosion Methods and Materials, Vol. 64 No. 5, pp. 563-572. https://doi.org/10.1108/ACMM-10-2016-1716

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Emerald Publishing Limited

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