Research Article

Inhibition of Mild Steel Corrosion by 3-Benzoylmethyl Benzimidazolium Hexafluoroantimonate in Acidic Solution

Table 6

The free energy of adsorption ( ) for mild steel in 1.0 M HCl in the presence of 3-benzoylmethyl benzimidazolium hexafluoroantimonate (BMBI) at various temperatures (303 K–343 K).

G, kcal·mol−1
303 K313 K323 K333 K343 K

−18.55−16.07−15.33−15.06−14.07