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Study of the Aegle marmelos as a Green Corrosion Inhibitor for Mild Steel in Acidic Medium: Experimental and Theoretical Approach

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The current investigation presents the corrosion activity of Aegle marmelos fruit extract in 0.5 M H2SO4 as a corrosive medium. This plant belongs to the Rutaceae family. Tafel polarization, EIS measurements along with weight loss estimations were done to check the inhibition efficiency and AFM and SEM techniques were carried out to surface investigation of exposed mild steel. Electrochemical examination and weight reduction estimation say that the fruit extract for Aegle marmelos indicates the amazing restraint adequacy up to 83.08% at 500 mg/L inhibitor concentration in 0.5 M sulphuric acid solution for mild steel at 298 K.

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We are thankful to Prof. Gurmeet Singh, Department of Chemistry, University of Delhi, Delhi-110007, INDIA for providing the lab facility for the research work.

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    Nishant Bhardwaj, Dwarika Prasad & Rajesh Haldhar

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Bhardwaj, N., Prasad, D. & Haldhar, R. Study of the Aegle marmelos as a Green Corrosion Inhibitor for Mild Steel in Acidic Medium: Experimental and Theoretical Approach. J Bio Tribo Corros 4, 61 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40735-018-0178-4

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