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EVALUATION OF NATURAL HONEY AS CORROSION INHIBIT OR FOR BRONZE IN WEAKLY ACIDIC SOLUTION

Published in Scientific Papers. Series "Journal of Young Scientist", Vol. 4
Written by Marian Iosif GOMBOŞ

Natural honey was tested as a corrosion inhibitor for bronze in a simulated acid rain solution as Na2SO4and NaHCO3 (pH 5).Electrochemical investigations (potentiodynamic polarization and impedance measurements) showed that honey exert a protective effect against corrosion bronze and, in some cases inhibiting its effectiveness exceeds 93% at concentration level as low as 500ppm. Potentiodynamic polarization method indicates that honey acts mainly as a mixed-type inhibitor with predominantly control of thecathodic reaction. The presence of honey significantly decreases the values of corrosion current density. Electrochemical impedance spectroscopy shows that the inhibition efficiency increases with the increases of honey concentration.

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