Some new bipyrazole derivatives as corrosion inhibitors for C38 steel in acidic medium

Three new bipyrazole derivatives, ethyl 5,5′-dimethyl-1′H-1,3′-bipyrazole-4-carboxylate (Bip1), 1,1′,5,5′-tetramethyl-1H,1′H-3,3′-bipyrazole (Bip2), and 3-(bromomethyl)-5,5′-dimethyl-1′H-1,3′-bipyrazole (Bip3), have been synthesized and used as additives to protect C38 steel from corrosion in aerated 1 M HCl solution, using the various corrosion monitoring techniques such as weight loss, potentiodynamic polarization, and electrochemical impedance spectroscopy. All the techniques used for the studies show an increase in inhibition efficiency and decrease in the corrosion rate by increasing the inhibitor concentration. Impedance measurements showed that the double layer capacitance decreased and charge transfer resistance increased with increase in the inhibitors concentration, and hence an increase in inhibition efficiency. A potentiodynamic polarization study showed that all the inhibitors act as mixed-type. The adsorption of bipyrazole derivatives is found to obey the Langmuir adsorption isotherm, and the thermodynamic parameters were determined and are discussed.