Table 1 PDP plots for C-steel in molar HCl solution without and with different concentrations of OSe-based thiourea compounds (DS036 and DS038) at 298 K.

From: Corrosion mitigation characteristics of some novel organoselenium thiourea derivatives for acid pickling of C1018 steel via experimental and theoretical study

Inhibitor code

Ci (mol L−1)

jcor (µA cm−2)

 ± SD

Ecor

(mV) (SCE)

βa (mV dec−1)

− βc (mV dec−1)

θ

μp%

Blank

0.0

821.7 ± 31.2

− 450.5

91.75

163.92

DS036

2.0 × 10–5

473.87 ± 24.3

− 440.6

84.13

173.66

0.4233

42.33

5.0 × 10–5

321.61 ± 19.4

− 435.4

86.01

169.69

0.6086

60.86

1.0 × 10–4

178.55 ± 11.5

− 434.8

81.07

174.87

0.7827

78.27

5.0 × 10–4

68.28 ± 5.2

− 429.2

78.68

172.16

0.9169

91.69

1.0 × 10–3

27.52 ± 2.1

− 442.8

85.93

175.71

0.9665

96.65

DS038

2.0 × 10–5

431.14 ± 22.6

− 438.4

82.27

176.87

0.4753

47.53

5.0 × 10–5

297.04 ± 17.7

− 433.5

85.85

179.94

0.6385

63.85

1.0 × 10–4

146.34 ± 9.8

− 437.6

90.01

180.62

0.8219

82.19

5.0 × 10–4

41.33 ± 3.1

− 452.8

88.96

178.28

0.9497

94.97

1.0 × 10–3

11.99 ± 1.5

− 439.4

88.48

176.18

0.9854

98.54