Some Corrosion Inhibitors Based on Schiff Base Surfactants for Mild Steel Equipments

Two series of Schiff base amphiphiles were prepared throughout condensation of benzaldehyde or anisaldehyde and three different fatty amines with various alkyl chain length; namely: dodecyl, hexadecyl and octadecyl amine. The chemical structures of the prepared Schiff bases were confirmed using elemental analysis, FTIR, and 1H-NMR spectra. The data of structural analysis for these compounds were confirmed the chemical structures and the purity of the synthesized amphiphiles. The synthesized Schiff base amphiphiles were evaluated as corrosion inhibitors for low carbon steel (mild steel) in various acidic media (HCl and H2SO4) using weight loss technique. The corrosion inhibition measurements of these inhibitors showed high protection of the low carbon steel alloys against corrosion process in the tested acidic media at different periods as well as they have good biocidel effectagainest SRB. The discussion was correlated the efficient corrosion inhibition of these inhibitors to their chemical structures.