Influencia de las condiciones hidrodinámicas sobre la formación de películas inhibidoras de corrosión

In the present work, the effect of flow on the formation of inhibitive films on carbon steel was investigated in a 200 mg/L NaCl solution in the presence of fatty amines (FA) and phosphonocarboxylic acid salts (PCAS). These compounds are used as corrosion inhibitors in cooling water systems and their principal advantages are the absence of toxicity and their biodegradability. The study was carried out using chronopotentiometric curves, electrochemical impedance spectroscopy and photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS). Electrochemical measurements revealed that the inhibition mechanism in the presence of FA was slightly affected by the hydrodynamic conditions; in contrast, the effect of the electrode rotation rate was significant in the presence of PCAS. XPS analysis showed that the formation of a chelate between the PCAS molecules and the iron cations was enhanced by the increase of the rotation rate. Impedance diagrams were also obtained to investigate the influence of the immersion time on the inhibitive properties of films formed at different electrode rotation rates in the presence of PCAS. The polarisation resistance values remained high and constant when the inhibitive layer is formed at the higher rotation rates.