Table 8 The impedance parameters for copper in 0.6 M NaCl in the absence and presence of different concentrations of ME, QF and nBF at ambient temperature.
Type of inhibitor | Conc. (ppm) | Rs (Ω) | R1 (Ω cm2) | Q | R2 (KΩ cm2) | C (µF cm− 2) | W mΩ−1 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Y (µΩ−1cm−2) | n | |||||||
Blank | 0 | 8.37 | 0.067 | 762 | 0.54 | 0.399 | 11 | 10.4 |
Q1 | Q2 | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Y(mΩ−1cm−2) | n | Y (mΩ−1cm−2) | n | |||||
nBF | 20 | 7.41 | 8.95 | 1.83 | 0.50 | 1.05 | 0.029 | 0.83 |
40 | 7.72 | 5.12 | 1.78 | 0.50 | 1.11 | 0.018 | 0.85 | |
60 | 7.00 | 4.31 | 1.72 | 0.52 | 1.12 | 0.012 | 0.90 | |
80 | 6.12 | 8.95 | 1.69 | 0.50 | 1.03 | 0.019 | 0.80 | |
100 | 9.84 | 9.72 | 1.79 | 0.50 | 1.01 | 0.021 | 0.78 | |
ME | 20 | 9.72 | 559 | 0.38 | 0.64 | 0.89 | 1360 | 0.70 |
40 | 13.3 | 296 | 0.39 | 0.70 | 0.99 | 1010 | 0.65 | |
60 | 8.73 | 226 | 0.62 | 0.63 | 1.04 | 619 | 0.69 | |
80 | 9.21 | 223 | 0.54 | 0.64 | 0.76 | 799 | 0.59 | |
100 | 8.11 | 118 | 4.40 | 0.55 | 0.68 | 2510 | 0.59 | |
QF | 20 | 7.81 | 26.70 | 0.093 | 0.83 | 0.99 | 0.92 | 0.50 |
40 | 6.91 | 26.80 | 0.14 | 0.78 | 0.79 | 0.91 | 0.50 | |
60 | 9.10 | 29.10 | 0.19 | 0.70 | 0.76 | 0.58 | 0.50 | |
80 | 7.80 | 147.10 | 0.27 | 0.70 | 0.75 | 0.75 | 0.60 | |
100 | 8.00 | 227.00 | 0.16 | 0.80 | 0.73 | 1.01 | 0.58 | |