Screening the Surface Structure-Dependent Action of a Benzotriazole Derivative on Copper Electrochemistry in a Triple-Phase Nanoscale Environment.

ABSTRACT: Copper (Cu) corrosion is a compelling problem in the automotive sector and in oil refinery and transport, where it is mainly caused by the action of acidic aqueous droplets dispersed in an oil phase. Corrosion inhibitors, such as benzotriazole (BTAH) and its derivatives, are widely used to limit such corrosion processes. The efficacy of corrosion inhibitors is expected to be dependent on the surface crystallography of metals exposed to the corrosion environment. Yet, studies of the effect of additives at the local level of the surface crystallographic structure of polycrystalline metals are challenging, particularly lacking for the triple-phase corrosion problem (metal/aqueous/oil). To address this issue, scanning electrochemical cell microscopy (SECCM), is used in an acidic nanodroplet me

SUBMITTER: Daviddi E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9465680 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature