An electrochemical, long-term immersion, and XPS study of 2-mercaptobenzothiazole as a copper corrosion inhibitor in chloride solution

Corrosion Science

Volumn 83, Issue , 2014, Pages 164-175

  Finšgar, Matjaž ^a   Kek Merl, Darja ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARIBOR   (Slovenia)

^b JO EF STEFAN INSTITUTE   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

A. Copper; B. EIS; B. Polarization; B. XPS; C. Interfaces; C. Neutral inhibition

Indexed keywords

CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; COPPER CORROSION; SURFACE ROUGHNESS; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

2-MERCAPTOBENZOTHIAZOLE; B. EIS; DIFFUSION-CONTROLLED PROCESS; ELECTROCHEMICAL MEASUREMENTS; LONG-TERM IMMERSIONS; MOLECULE ADSORPTIONS; NEUTRAL INHIBITIONS; POTENTIODYNAMIC CURVE;

CORROSION INHIBITORS;

EID: 84897114707     PISSN: 0010938X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.corsci.2014.02.016     Document Type: Article

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