EVALUATION OF THE CORROSION INHIBITION POTENTIAL OF RAPHANUS SATIVUS AND SPINACIA OLERACEEA EXTRACTS
PART I: INFLUENCE OF THE COMPOSITION OF THE CORROSIVE MEDIA ON THE CHARACTERISTICS OF PLANT EXTRACTS
1. “Vasile Alecsandri” University of Bacau, Faculty of Engineering,
Calea Marasesti, 157, Bacau 600115, Romania
2. Institute of Organic and Analytical Chemistry CNRS UMR 7311, University of Orléans, Chartres, BP 6759, 45067 Orléans, France
*Corresponding author: tampu.raluca@ub.ro, adrianaf@ub.ro
Abstract
This paper presents a simple, ecofriendly, robust and inexpensive method for the preparation of radish (Raphanus sativus) and spinach (Spinacia oleracea) extracts that are destined to be tested as green corrosion inhibitors.
The obtained extracts proved to be stable in the corrosive media as no significant changes could be observed on the HPLC profile, nor on the UV and FTIR spectra of the extracts solubilized in either the acidic, alkaline or saline media.