Table 6 Heat of adsorption from Kinetic-thermodynamic adsorption isotherm on C-steel surface in 8M H3PO4 at various concentrations of QA.

From: Theoretical and electrochemical performance of Quinazoline Schiff-base hybrid as levelling agents for C-steel electropolishing in acidic medium

C(mol/L)*10–3

m-CH3-QA

o-Cl-QA

p-(CH3)2N-QA

Qads(kJ/mol)

Qads(kJ/mol)

Qads(kJ/mol)

0.332

 − 50.970

 − 40.951

 − 38.561

0.549

 − 47.307

 − 42.737

 − 41.354

0.763

 − 50.889

 − 48.250

 − 33.838

0.973

 − 59.200

 − 52.078

 − 36.144

1.18

 − 57.236

 − 55.642

 − 37.619

1.38

 − 62.598

 − 60.246

 − 42.942

1.58

 − 60.762

 − 57.598

 − 35.762

1.78

 − 54.217

 − 52.080

 − 24.668

2.07

 − 53.400

 − 44.641

 − 15.088

2.54

 − 62.247

 − 50.780

 − 15.855

3.00

 − 65.828

 − 48.967

 − 15.261

3.43

 − 56.980

 − 55.455

 − 15.628