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Title: Surface-enhanced Raman scattering spectroscopy studies on the inhibition mechanism of propargyl alcohol for iron corrosion in hydrochloric acid

Journal Article · · Corrosion
DOI:https://doi.org/10.5006/1.3292107· OSTI ID:201369

In situ spectroscopic information on species adsorbed on the surface of iron in hydrochloric acid (HCl) solutions at 25 C was obtained by surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) spectroscopy of propargyl alcohol (HC{triple_bond}CCH{sub 2}OH, or PA) using a SERS-active silver electrode covered with a thin layer of deposited iron. The SERS spectra of PA indicated the absence of a C{triple_bond}C bond and the presence of C{double_bond}C, {double_bond}C{single_bond}H, and C{single_bond}O bonds in the species derived from PA at the surface. Polarization curves of iron in 0.5 M HCl at 25 C showed inhibition of the anodic process rather than of the cathodic one. Coverage of the iron surface with a film of the PA polymer and adsorption of allyl alcohol (CH{sub 2}{double_bond}CHCH{sub 2}ON, or AA) on the surface were concluded from the results.

Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE
OSTI ID:
201369
Journal Information:
Corrosion, Vol. 52, Issue 2; Other Information: PBD: Feb 1996
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English