Abstract The inhibition effect of triazolyl blue tetrazolium bromide (TBTB) on cold rolled steel (CRS) in three chlorinated acetic acids of monochloroacetic acid (ClCH2COOH), dichloroacetic acid (Cl2CHCOOH) and trichloroacetic acid… Click to show full abstract
Abstract The inhibition effect of triazolyl blue tetrazolium bromide (TBTB) on cold rolled steel (CRS) in three chlorinated acetic acids of monochloroacetic acid (ClCH2COOH), dichloroacetic acid (Cl2CHCOOH) and trichloroacetic acid (Cl3CCOOH) was studied by weight loss, potentiodynamic polarization curves, electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS) and scanning electron microscopy (SEM) methods. Meanwhile, the adsorption mechanism of TBT+ (organic part of TBTB) was theoretically investigated by quantum chemical calculation and molecular dynamics (MD) simulations. The results show that TBTB acts as a good inhibitor, and inhibition efficiency in three chlorinated acetic acids follows the order: ClCH2COOH
               
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