Research Article

Protection of Brass in HCl Solution by L-Cysteine and Cationic Surfactant

Table 1

Corrosion parameters for brass in 0.05 M HCl solution with addition of various concentrations of cysteine.

Cinh (mol/dm3)Ecorr (V) versus SCEjcorr (μA/cm2)ba (V)bc (V)

0.05 HCl−0.126180.066−0.190
1·10−4 Cys−0.11870.057−0.159
1·10−3 Cys−0.20830.06−0.169
5·10−3 Cys−0.2352.50.065−0.093
1·10−2 Cys−0.24820.055−0.135