JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR STRUCTURE, cilt.1227, 2021 (SCI-Expanded)
The corrosion inhibition of mild steel was investigated in the absence and presence of different concentrations of 2-((5-mercapto-IH-1,2,4-triazole-3-ylimino) methyl) phenol (SAMT) in 2 M HCl at a constant temperature of 303 K. Potentiodynamic polarization, weight loss, and electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS) measurements were applied for experimental evaluation. Adsorption obeyed the Langmuir adsorption isotherm with a mixed physisorption and chemisorption mechanism. Various quantum chemical descriptors like E-HOMO, E-LUMO, Delta E, chemical hardness were calculated and discussed. Results revealed an apparent consistency between the corrosion inhibition efficiency and quantum chemical parameters. (C) 2020 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.