Research Article

Opuntia ficus-indica Extract as Green Corrosion Inhibitor for Carbon Steel in 1 M HCl Solution

Table 4

Characteristic peaks obtained from FT-IR spectra for 1.0 M HCl + Opuntia ficus-indica solution before and after corrosion test.

1.0 M HCl + 300 ppm inhibitor before corrosion test1.0 M HCl + 300 ppm inhibitor after corrosion test
Frequency (cm−1)Functional group and vibration typeFrequency (cm−1)Functional group and vibration type

3118N-H stretch3368–3369N-H stretch
3018O-H stretch3189O-H stretch
1720C=O stretch1610C=O stretch
1627N-H bending1588N-H bending
1394C-H bending1394C-H bending
1222C-N stretch1222C-N stretch
1074C-O stretch1074C-O stretch