Inhibition of Mild Steel Corrosion in Sulphuric Acid Using Esomeprazole and the Effect of Iodide Ion Addition

Table 1

Weight loss values of various concentrations of esomeprazole in 1 M H₂SO₄ solution.

Concentration (ppm)	Weight loss (mg cm^−2)	Corrosion rate (mm y^−1)	Surface coverage (θ)	IE 𝜂 (%)
blank	184	657.1	—	—
50	89	317.8	0.5072	50.72
100	70	250	0.6195	61.95
150	57	203.5	0.6903	69.03
200	51	182.1	0.7229	72.29
250	42	150	0.7716	77.17
300	35	125	0.8097	80.97