Table 1 EIS parameters for reinforcement steel in SCPS in the presence of various concentrations of the Q-32 corrosion inhibitor with different pH at 20 °C.

From: An efficient green ionic liquid for the corrosion inhibition of reinforcement steel in neutral and alkaline highly saline simulated concrete pore solutions

Cinh µmol L−1

Rs, Ω cm−2

Rpo, Ω cm−2

CPEpo

Rct, Ω cm−2

CPEct

Cdl, μF cm−2

\(\theta\)

IE, %

Ypo × 10–6 sn Ω−1 cm−2

n1

Yct × 10–6 sn Ω−1 cm−2

n2

pH 7

Blank

7.64

290 ± 3.15

830.7

0.593

312.73 ± 2.96

5

8.56

513 ± 2.39

617

0.576

264.56 ± 2.67

0.434

43.5

10

9.32

712.8 ± 4.87

409

0.677

227.15 ± 4.54

0.593

59.3

15

8.46

1,040 ± 3.92

230.1

0.853

179.84 ± 3.49

0.721

72.1

20

9.29

1,210 ± 2.41

123.7

0.851

88.70 ± 2.72

0.760

76.0

pH 9

Blank

8.26

23.00

822.1

0.816

340 ± 5.13

448.4

0.801

281.03 ± 4.72

5

7.57

33.71

1,325

0.756

650.5 ± 4.25

359.5

0.764

229.49 ± 4.24

0.477

47.7

10

7.83

37.13

4,143

0.983

898.9 ± 7.84

281.3

0.794

196.90 ± 7.39

0.621

62.2

15

7.95

42.53

4,925

0.530

1,361.8 ± 5.93

148.4

0.876

118.34 ± 5.59

0.750

75.0

20

8.58

51.25

6,036

0.872

2,163.5 ± 6.71

99.5

0.647

43.042 ± 6.33

0.842

84.3

pH 12

Blank

7.897

71.66

989.2

0.924

1,210 ± 4.39

109.1

0.84

74.18 ± 4.14

–-

–-

5

6.380

101.6

719.6

0.599

2,582 ± 8.67

77.19

0.845

57.42 ± 8.13

0.531

53.1

10

7.299

241.2

583.2

0.950

3,990 ± 7.16

47.27

0.799

31.07 ± 6.73

0.696

69.7

15

7.814

481.8

380.5

0.694

7,591 ± 7.42

37.48

0.787

26.67 ± 7.01

0.840

84.1

20

7.938

695.6

119.3

0.841

18,282 ± 6.31

31.15

0.691

24.21 ± 5.95

0.933

93.4