An experimental approach to find aniline-formaldehyde co-polymers as effective inhibitor on the interface of low carbon steel immersed in 0.5N HCl mixtures

The usefulness of aniline formaldehyde (AF), a modern water-soluble composite in 0.5 ?N hydrochloric acid as inhibitor of corrosion for mild steel, has been studied using weight reduction method, test of electrochemical impedance and potentiodynamic polarization methods. According to the findings by weight loss methods, 12ppm of AF co-polymer at room temperature i.e. about 35° ?± ?1°C for 3h duration shows best performance on metal surface and exhibit 93.44% Inhibitor efficiency. The above said results has also being reviled from other examination methods, which shows that the AF follows the Langmuir isotherm, as well as the adsorption properties of the sampling supports the results as maximum IE of 95.05%, using EIS. The tafel and linear polarization results of maximum IE was found to be 94.81% and 94.96% respectively which was well aligned with an atomic force microscope (AFM) for surface morphology and found AF to be best suited corrosion inhibitor showing mixed type of nature, at defined parameters.