Abstract:
In this work, two parts were studied: the effectiveness of corrosion protection of three
pyridinium salts on steel (API 5L Gr.B) in a 0.5M H2SO4 solution. Gravimetric and
electrochemical methods were used. We conducted investigations at different concentrations
of the studied inhibitors and at the temperature of the experiment. The values of (IE%)
determined from EIS of these inhibitors for different concentrations follow the order: A≈C>B
and the most excellent inhibition efficiencies respectively at 5mM and all studied inhibitors
are mixed-type. In addition, the adsorption of the inhibitor molecules on the steel surface is
reliable on the Langmuir adsorption isotherm model and the adsorption mechanism occurs
through the combination of three aspects of interactions (physisorption, chemisorptions and
retro-donation). IE% values of A, B and C inhibitors determined from EIS increase very
slightly with temperature; the protective properties are excellent even at 55 C°. The
investigative study is completed by a theoretical calculation of some quantum chemical
parameters using the program Gaussian09. The EI order determined from the experimental
measurements is successfully supported by the surface analysis and the obtained results
confirmed an excellent agreement between the potentiodynamic polarization, weight loss, EIS
and the theoretical study.
The second part was devoted to the nonlinear optical properties of
benzylidenemalononitrile derivatives with different substituents of electron donating groups.
Four benzylidenemalononitrile derivatives [benzylidenemalononitrile (1), (4-
chlorobenzylidene)malononitrile(2), (4-hydroxybenzylidene)malononitrile (3) and (4-
dimethylamino)benzylidene)malononitrile (4)] were functionalized, synthesized and analyzed
by H1 NMR, FT-IR and UV-vis. A study of the electrochemical properties was conducted
using cyclic voltammetry. The third harmonic generation technique was used to analyze and
evaluate the susceptibility (𝜒𝑇𝐻𝐺
<3>) of cubic nonlinear optical properties on thin films at 1064
nm. THG measurements using the Maker fringe technique were used to analyze and evaluate
the susceptibility parameter χ<3˃ of PMMA thin films with embedded molecules.
