Table 4 The corrosion rate and inhibition efficiency for C-steel in 2.0 M H2SO4 solution without and with IIE extract (0.5 g L-1) at 298–333 K under dynamic conditions from WL measurements.

From: An eco-friendly corrosion inhibitor for steel used in desalination systems during acid cleaning: Irish ivy extract

Temperature

(K)

IIE extract

CR

(mg cm-2 h-1)

M ± SD

ηW

(%)

298

2.0 M H2SO4

8.50 ± 0.23

-

2.0 M H2SO4 + 0.5 g L-1 IIE extract

0.82 ± 0.02

90.3

313

2.0 M H2SO4

15.70 ± 0.36

-

2.0 M H2SO4 + 0.5 g L-1 IIE extract

1.80 ± 0.11

88.5

323

2.0 M H2SO4

31.32 ± 0.72

-

2.0 M H2SO4 + 0.5 g L-1 IIE extract

4.72 ± 0.44

84.9

333

2.0 M H2SO4

62.77 ± 1.2

-

2.0 M H2SO4 + 0.5 g L-1 IIE extract

10.98 ± 0.32

82.5