Table 5 Potentiodynamic polarization parameters for MS at diverse temperatures in 5% HCl solution in the absence and presence of varying concentrations of expired Ampicillin drug.

From: Corrosion inhibition of mild steel in hydrochloric acid solution by the expired Ampicillin drug

C (mM)

Ecorr (mV)

βa (mV dec−1)

βc (mV dec−1)

Icorr (μA cm−2)

%ηI

25 °C

 0

− 474.0 ± 0.01

171.6 ± 0.92

86.3 ± 0.87

286.2 ± 4.6

 0.01

− 415.1 ± 0.01

101.8 ± 0.91

77.7 ± 0.65

89.3 ± 3.2

68.8

 20

− 416.3 ± 0.02

88.7 ± 0.90

74.2 ± 0.98

71.2 ± 6.3

75.1

35 °C

 0

− 456.7 ± 0.02

129.9 ± 0.83

98.2 ± 1.1

478.4 ± 1.2

 0.01

− 439.6 ± 0.03

125.0 ± 0.78

85.1 ± 1.5

134.1 ± 4.5

71.9

 20

− 435.1 ± 0.11

125.3 ± 0.56

74.6 ± 0.21

111 ± 1.1

76.7

45 °C

 0

− 483.6 ± 0.21

125.4 ± 0.21

81.9 ± 0.23

495.6 ± 2.1

 0.01

− 422.1 ± 0.34

118.8 ± 0.15

79.4 ± 0.45

117.1 ± 1.0

76.3

 20

− 414.6 ± 0.21

99.7 ± 0.32

64.8 ± 0.67

80.2 ± 1.4

83.8

55 °C

 0

− 480.8 ± 0.54

117.9 ± 0.11

93.8 ± 0.43

378.1 ± 1.6

 0.01

− 435.8 ± 0.21

81.2 ± 0.22

53.9 ± 0.21

21.4 ± 0.54

94.3

 20

− 428.3 ± 0.11

100.5 ± 0.24

70.6 ± 0.10

16.9 ± 0.67

95.5

  1. “ ± ” shows the standard deviation of three measurements.