Investigation of Corrosion Inhibition of Carbon Steel by Using Natural Iraqi Plum Tree Gum in a Saline Medium

Marwah  Husseini; Baraa H.  Latief; Noor Ali  Khudhair; Mustafa D  Huseeni; Farah Aziz  Al-Saadi

doi:10.24996/ijs.2024.65.10.1

Authors

Marwah Husseini Chemical Engineering Department,Engineering, University of Babylon, Babylon, Iraq https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9194-0051
Baraa H. Latief Collage of Veterinary Medicine, University of Diyala , Diyala,32001,Iraq
Noor Ali Khudhair Department of Chemistry , University of Baghdad , Baghdad, Iraq
Mustafa D Huseeni Babylon sewage directorate, Babylon, Iraq https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1723-1855
Farah Aziz Al-Saadi Chemical Engineering Department,Engineering, University of Babylon, Babylon, Iraq https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3067-3228

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.24996/ijs.2024.65.10.1

Keywords:

Plum Tree Gum, Corrosion, carbon steel, green chemistry, electrochemical polarization technique

Abstract

In response to the growing interest in green chemistry and the adoption of environmentally friendly and cost-effective compounds in industrial and agricultural applications, this study focuses on exploring the potential of natural compounds. Specifically, the research investigates the corrosion inhibitory properties of Iraqi plum tree gum. The natural gum is characterized using Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy to identify its functional groups and atomic force microscopy (AFM) for further analysis. The electrochemical polarization technique was used to study corrosion measurements for carbon steel (C.S) in saline solution and in the presence of the inhibitor (Plum Tree Gum) in different concentration solutions. The findings revealed a positive correlation between the concentration of plum tree gum and the efficiency of the inhibitor, indicating that higher concentrations of the gum result in increased inhibitory effectiveness.