Research Article

A Revisit to the Corrosion Inhibition of Aluminum in Aqueous Alkaline Solutions by Water-Soluble Alginates and Pectates as Anionic Polyelectrolyte Inhibitors

Table 5

Thermodynamic parameters of and for corrosion of Al in alkaline media in the absence and presence of ALG and PEC inhibitors. [OH] = 4.0 and I = 4.0 mol dm−3.

InhibitorParameters
 (kJ mol−1)  (J mol−1 K−1)

Alginate45.05217.15>0.99
Pectates20.98141.91>0.99