Table 3 Percentage corrosion inhibition efficiency and EIS parameters of varied concentrations of BLE extract for X52-steel in 1.0 M HCl at 298 K calculated by EIS method.
BLE (mg L−1) | Rp (ohm cm2) | CPE (Y0 × 106 (Scm−2 Sn2) | n | χ2 | Cdl (µF cm−2) | ηR% |
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Blank | 53. 7 | 85.8 | 0.754 | 1.43 × 10−3 | 527.3 | - |
25 | 84.3 | 74.2 | 0.877 | 1.94 × 10−3 | 467.2 | 36.2 |
50 | 234.6 | 55.2 | 0.886 | 2.03 × 10−3 | 332.6 | 77.1 |
100 | 295.7 | 35.6 | 0.891 | 1.61 × 10−3 | 203.5 | 81.8 |
200 | 345.8 | 25.8 | 0.823 | 1.09 × 10−3 | 145.3 | 84.4 |
300 | 799.2 | 23.5 | 0.811 | 2.15 × 10−3 | 128.4 | 93.2 |
400 | 855.8 | 9.6 | 0.893 | 1.20 × 10−3 | 60.6 | 93.7 |