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ANALYSIS AND EVALUATION OF THE INHIBITIVE ACTION OF BANANA
PEDUNCLE EXTRACT ON THE CORROSION OF MILD STEEL IN ACIDIC
MEDIUM
Ejiroghene Kelly Orhorhoro
Department of Mechanical Engineering,
Faculty of Engineering, Delta State Polytechnic,
Otefe-Oghara, Nigeria,
Oghoghorie Oghenekevwe
Department of Mechanical Engineering,
Faculty of Engineering, University of Benin,
Nigeria,
Oghenero Wilson Orhorhoro
Department of Electrical Electronic Engineering,
Faculty of Engineering,
Delta State Polytechnic, Otefe-Oghara,
Nigeria
ABSTRACT
The use of inhibitors is one of the most practical methods for protecting metal against corrosion, especially in acidic
media. This research work focused on the analysis and evaluation of the inhibitive action of banana peduncle extract
on the corrosion of mild steel in acidic medium (0.5M HCl solution). The mild steel bars were cut into coupons and
suspended in solution of 0.5M HCl to which varying concentrations of the inhibitor (0, 0.5, 1.0, 1.5, 2.0, 2.5, 3.0,
3.5% v/v) were added and allowed to stay in these media for a periods of days. The corrosion rate decreased with
increasing concentration of inhibitor to maximum level of 2.0v/v%. While the protective (inhibition) efficiency
increased with increasing concentration of inhibitor. The adsorption of the inhibitor to the mild steel was accredited
to the pairs of electron present in the functional groups which is the rich tannin and saponnin content. This work
has established that the abundant banana peduncle can be used for the corrosion inhibition of mild steel.
Keywords: Corrosion, Mild Steel, Banana Peduncle, Acidic Medium, inhibitive action.
INTRODUCTION
Mild steel is an important construction
material in the industrial. Most industrial
applications such as refining crude oil, acid
pickling, industrial cleaning, acid descaling,
oil–well acid in oil recovery and
petrochemical processes use mild steel as
their material. However, to prevent the
material from corroding has become a great
challenge for corrosion engineers or
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scientists. Corrosion is an electrochemical
process by which metallic surfaces react with
their environment causing the metal to lose
its material properties due to surface
deterioration [1]. Corrosion process is a
natural process that results in considerable
waste of industrial investment. This
phenomenon is noticed in various types of
surfaces, thus, causing a major economic loss
in the industrial sector. Corrosion control
involves different aspects such as
environmental, economical and technical.
The use of inhibitors is one of the most
practical methods for protecting metal
against corrosion, especially in acidic media
[2]. As acidic media, hydrochloric acid (HCl)
and sulphuric acid (H2SO4) are often used as
industrial acid cleaners and pickling. Acid
solutions are used in the most important
industrial applications in etching and acid
cleaning [3]. Because of the general
aggressiveness of acid solutions, the practice
of inhibition is commonly used to reduce the
corrosive attack on metallic materials.
Corrosion inhibitors are common for
protecting steel structures and their alloys in
industry [4]. Hence, there is a growing
demand for environmentally appropriate
inhibitors such as vegetal inhibitors [5].
Several research works had been carry out
on the corrosion of carbon steel in acidic
solutions [6, 7]. The results showed that
large numbers of organic compounds such
as nitrogen, sulphur, and oxygen containing
organic compounds act as promising
inhibitors. However, these compounds are
not only expensive, but also toxic to living
man, thus not recommended if the
environment in which this compounds to be
use are to be considered [8]. Irrespective of
the fact that many synthetic compounds
showed good anticorrosive activity, most of
them are highly toxic to both human beings
and environment. The use of chemical
inhibitors has been limited because of the
environmental threat, and recently, due to
environmental regulations. These
inhibitors, namely, hydrazine, nitrites,
dichromates and chromates etc. may cause
reversible (temporary) or irreversible
(permanent) damage to organ system,
namely, kidneys or liver, or disturbing a
biochemical process or disturbing an
enzyme system at some site in the body. In
order words, they are carcinogenic [9]. The
toxicity may come to play either during the
synthesis of the compound or during its
applications. Considering safety, the
development of non-toxic and effective
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inhibitors is considered more important and
desirable, nowadays, which are also called
eco-friendly or green corrosion inhibitors.
These toxic effects have led to the use of
natural products as anticorrosion agents
which are eco-friendly and harmless.
Recently, many alternative eco-friendly
corrosion inhibitors have been studied and
developed, they range from rare earth
elements to organic compounds. These
known hazardous effects of most synthetic
corrosion inhibitors are the motivation for
the use of some natural products as
corrosion inhibitors [10]. Natural products
such as extracts of easily available plants
and trees have been used as eco- friendly
corrosion inhibitors. Plant extract contains
several organic compounds which have
corrosion inhibition abilities. The extracts
from different parts of many plants have
been reported as corrosion inhibitors in
acidic media [4,11]. There is lots of waste
banana peduncle around major market in
Otefe-Oghara, Delta-State Nigeria. The
waste constitute nuisance to the
environment. The technology for
harnessing the waste into useful materials is
least understood now, however the right
technology to convert the waste banana
peduncle into engineering materials has
remained a daunting challenge to
mechanical and materials engineers. This
problem sharpens the focus of this research
work, since it has been proved that most of
the plant extracts contains tannins which
make them to inhibit corrosion. The aim of
this research work is to explore the potential
of developing environmentally friendly
inhibitor using banana peduncle extracts
that will serve as substitute for synthetic
inhibitors.
METHODS AND MATERIALS
MATERIALS
The Banana peduncle was collected from
the market environment as waste in Otefe-
Oghara, Delta-State Nigeria (Refer Fig.1).
The mild steel sample with composition
shown in Table 1 was used for the purpose
of this research. (Refer Table 1) Beakers,
Hydrochloric acid (HCl) acid, measuring
cylinder, conical flask, ethanol acid,
brushes, polishing and grinding papers with
different sizes, sodium benzoate, triple
stand, Ultrasonic machines were used.
METHODS
BANANA PEDUNCLE EXTRACTION
A Retsch Planetary Ball Mill PM 400 (Fig.
2) was used for the pulverizing of the banana
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peduncle. The grinding jars are arranged
eccentrically on the sun wheel of the
planetary ball mill. The direction of
movement of the sun wheel is opposite to
that of the grinding jars in the ratio 1:2. The
difference in speeds between the balls and
grinding jars produces an interaction
between frictional and impact forces, which
releases high dynamic energies. The
interplay between these forces produces the
high and very effective degree of size
reduction of the planetary ball mill. After the
pulverizing, 350g of the pulverized banana
peduncle was taken in 1000ml round bottom
flask and enough quantity of ethanol was
added as a solvent for extraction. The round
bottom flask was covered with a stopper and
left for 48hrs. Decantation method was then
used to separate the banana peduncle from
the extract. From this 0.5-3.5v/v
concentration was made. Figure 3 shows the
banana peduncle extract produced. (Refer
Fig. 2, 3)
CHARACTERIZATION OF THE
EXTRACT DETERMINATION OF
TANNIN, SAPONIN, CARDIAC
GLYCOSIDES, TERPENOID AND
FLAVONOID
Tannin was determined following the
method of Makkar, et al. [12]. The process of
determining saponin content by Brunner [13]
was used. Cardiac glycosides and terpenoid
were obtained from the banana peduncle
plant extract following the order of while
flavonoid content of the extract of banana
peduncle plant was determined using
colorimeter assay.
INFRA- RED MEASUREMENT
The extract from the banana peduncle was
prepared for Infrared-Red measurement. FT-
IR spectrum was recorded for both the
extract. These spectra were recorded in a
Perkin-Elmer-1600 spectrophotometer. IR
spectra of the banana peduncle extracts were
recorded using Perkin Elmer spectrum 100
FT – IR spectrometer in the frequency range
4000 – 400cm-1, operating in ATR
(attenuated total reflectance) mode.
MICROSTRUCTURAL ANALYSIS OF
THE MILD STEEL
The scanning electron microscope (SEM)
JEOL JSM-6480LV and complemented by
energy dispersive spectrometer (EDS) was
used to identify the surface morphology of
the mild steel. The surface of the mild steel
was examined directly by the scanning
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Electron Microscope. The sample was
cleaned thoroughly, air-dried and observed
SEM at 20 kV.
SAMPLE PREPARATION
The mild steel samples of 20 x 20 x 3 mm
were used as coupons for the corrosion
study, while samples of 30cm length and
diameter 20mm was used for the ultrasonic
analysis. Initially, the coupons were
mechanically polished with emery papers
from 600 down to 1000 grit. The samples
were degreased in ethanol, dried, weighed
and stored in a desiccator. The initial weight
of each sample was taken and recorded.
GRAVIMETRIC MEASUREMENT
(GM)
Hydrochloric acid of 0.5M concentration
was poured into beakers at a constant volume
of 200ml. The banana peduncle extract was
added to the beakers at 0.5%, 1%, 1.5%, 2%,
2.5%, 3.0% and 3.5% respectively (Refer
Fig. 4). The experiment was carried out
using constant temperature of 30oC and time
range of 2, 4, 6, 8and 10days. At each time,
the samples were washed in distilled water,
dried and weighed. The weight loss, rate of
corrosion, inhibition efficiency and degree of
surface coverage were calculated. Also NDT
test was determined thereafter. The standard
expression for measurement of corrosion rate
in mills per year (mpy) was used which is
given as:
Corrosion rate (mm/day) = 87.6𝑊
𝐴𝑇𝜋𝑟2 (1)
Where w is the corrosion weight loss of mild
steel (mg), A is the area of the coupon (cm2),
t is the exposure time (h) and D is the density
of mild steel (g/cm3).
Inhibition efficiency was computed from
equation 2.2:
I. E (%) =W0−W
W0× 100 (2)
Where W and Wo are the corrosion rates with
and without inhibitor respectively. The
degree of surface coverage was computed
from equation 2.3
Degree of surface coverage (Ѳ) =1
%𝐼𝐸 (3)
ELECTROCHEMICAL METHOD
The specimen potential is scanned slowly in
the positive going direction and therefore
acts as an anode such that it corrodes or
forms an oxide coating. These measurements
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are used to determine corrosion
characteristics of metal specimens in
aqueous environments. Electrochemical
measurements were carried out using an
Autolab Potentiostat with the general
purpose electrochemical software package
version 4.9 (Fig. 5). A potentiostat coupled
to a computer system, a glass corrosion cell
kit with graphite rods as counter electrodes
and a saturated Ag/Ag reference electrode
were used. The working electrodes were the
mild steel samples. The inhibitor of varying
concentrations of 0.5-3.5%V/V was then
added in 0.5MHCl respectively. The system
was connected to a potentiostat and to a
computer with the required electrochemical
software (NOVA 30) for reading the results.
(Refer Fig.5)
ULTRASONIC TESTING
The ultrasonic testing was used for the
Lamination Check/ Thickness Check. The
machine was used to scan the specimen by
moving the probe horizontally through the
specimen. The cathode ray tube (CRT)
screen was observe for any change in
readings. If none, it means the specimen
thickness is uniform, if there is, then there is
a change in thickness in the area indicating
the reading. Mark area with different reading
and take its reading.
ATOMIC ABSORPTION
SPECTROSCOPY (AAS) ANALYSIS
Atomic absorption analysis was conducted
by using Atomic Adsorption Spectrometer
Model Bulk 200. This was carried out to
determine the concentration of iron (II) in
0.5M HCl acid after immersion time of
samples in the presence and absence of acid
extract of banana peduncle. The calibration
curve of iron (II) was drawn before analyzing
the electrolyte solution.
RESULTS AND DISCUSSION
PHYTOCHEMCIAL CONSTITUENTS
OF THE BANANA PEDUNCLE
EXTRACT
The result of the phytochemical analysis of
the banana peduncle extract is shown in
Table 2. From Table 2 it was observed that
the extract contains high amount of Tannin
(43.18%), Saponins (18.13%) and
flavonoids (15.39%). With the presence of
the high amount of these organic
compounds, this simply means that the
extract can be used as corrosion inhibitor.
(Refer Table 2)
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INFRA- RED (FTIR) RESULT OF THE
BANANA PEDUNCLE EXTRACT
Table 3 shows the FTIR result of the banana
peduncle extract. The FTIR results of the
banana peduncle extract confirmed the
presence of COOH (carboxylic acid), C-H
(Alkanes), C-I (Alkyls Halides), C=C
(Alkenes) and R-CH2-OH (Alcohols), which
are the functional groups readily available in
organic tannins. The extract shows major
peaks of 3035.33↔ strong COOH
carboxylic acid, 2909.26↔ strong C-H
alkane, 2093.80↔ medium C=C Alkene,
1342.80 medium C-H Alkanes, 1080.88↔
OH Alchohols, 455.11↔ Alkyl halides.
There was no absorbance in between 2220-
2800 which indicates the absence of
cyanides which are generally toxic to the
biological system. This agree with the work
of Makkar, et al. [13]. This result indicated
that the banana peduncle extract is nontoxic
and contain a rich tannin and saponnin
content. (Refer Table 3)
SCANNING ELECTRONIC
MICROSCOPE ANALYSIS OF THE
MILD STEEL
Figure 6 showed the scanning electronic
microscope/energy dispersive spectrometer
(SEM/EDS) analysis of the mild steel used
for the corrosion experiment. The SEM
morphology clearly shown pearlite (dark)
phase in ferrite matrix (white). The ferrite
phase region is large in the SEM than the
pearlite phase. These phase also supported
the analysis in Table 3. The energy
dispersive spectrometer analysis revealed
major peaks of Fe and C with some minor
peaks Mn, Si and Cr. The high peaks of Fe
and C confirmed that the steel used is a plain
carbon steel. (Refer Fig. 6)
GRAVIMETRIC RESULTS
Figure 7 and Table 4 shows the gravimetric
results. From Fig. 7 and Table 4 it can be
observed that the corrosion rate (CR) of the
mild steel decreased with addition of banana
peduncle plant extract and exposure time.
Increases in time of exposure from 2 to
10days reduced the corrosion rate. (Refer
Table 4 or Fig 7)
ULTRASONIC SOUND CORROSION
TEST
The samples used for the ultrasonic sound
test is shown in fig.8 and the results is shows
in Table 5. (Refer Fig. 8)
From Table 5, it was observed that the
thickness reduction of the control sample is
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higher than all that other samples. The
sample with 2.0%v/v inhibitor has the lower
attack; this ultrasonic sound result is in line
with the weight loss and electrochemical
corrosion results discussed above. Localised
corrosion attack was also observed at the
control sample and 0.5%v/v inhibitor
sample. (Refer Table 5)
ANALYSIS OF THE EFFECT OF
BANANA PEDUNCLE EXTRACTS
CONCENTRATION ON THE IRON
The result of the analysis of the effect of
banana peduncle extract concentration on the
iron (II) dissolution into the electrolyte is
shows in fig. 9. It can be observed in fig. 9,
the amount of Fe2+ in electrolyte decreases
with increased in the concentration of the
extract. According to Shah and Chin [14],
corrosion process at the interface can be
divided into two steps: The oxidation of the
metal (charge transfer process) and the
diffusion of the metal ions from the metal
surface into the electrolyte solution (mass
transport process). The diffusion of the metal
ions into the electrolytic solution was
retarded by the addition of the banana
peduncle extract. This confirmed that the
banana peduncle extract inhibits the metal
dissolution process. (Refer Fig. 9)
CONCLUSION
From the discussion on the potential of using
banana peduncle extract on the corrosion
inhibition of mild steel. Banana plant extract
inhibit the corrosion of mild steel in 0.5M
HCl solution. The banana peduncle extract
inhibitor contains organic compounds (like
tannins, pigments, alkaloids). The inhibition
efficiency increases with increasing
concentration of the inhibitor to maximum
level of 2.0v/v% and start to decrease. The
mechanism of physical adsorption, where
adsorbed inhibitors lie on the metals surface
thereby blocking the active sites could have
been responsible for these inhibition actions.
The use of the banana peduncle extract as
local inhibitor is a promising one and can be
use in pickling of steel and storage of low
concentration of acid.
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LIST OF FIGURES:
Fig. 1 Banana peduncle
Fig. 2 Retsch Planetary Ball Mill used for the pulverizing of the banana peduncle
Fig. 3 Banana peduncle extract
Fig. 4 Corrosion Test
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Fig. 5 Autolab Potentiostat used for the electrochemical test
Fig. 6 SEM/EDS morphology of the mild steel
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Fig. 7 Variation of Corrosion rate with inhibitor concentration
Fig. 8 Photograph of samples used for Ultrasonic sound test
Fig. 9 Concentration of Fe2+ dissolution with %v/v banana peduncle extract
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LIST OF TABLES:
Table-1 Chemical composition of steel
%C %Si %S %P %Mn %Cr %Ni %A1 %Fe
0.1762 0.1232 0.032 0.050 0.0853 0.0128 0.01532 0.0771 balance
Table-2. Result of Chemical Analysis of Extract
Component (%) Extract
Moisture content 7.5
Phenolic 5.67
Flavonoids 15.39
Saponins 18.13
Tannin 43.18
Alkaloids 10.13
Tables-3. Frequencies and peaks of infrared absorption bands of functional groups in banana
peduncle extract
S/N Frequency (Cm-1) Intensity (%) Assignment Class of compound
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
3035.34
2909.26
2093.80
1606.30
1342.80
1156.67
1086.26
1160.88
455.11
25.495
35.751
50.488
30.866
38.252
32.130
42.493
32.131
19.065
O-H sstretch
OH stretch
OH stretch
C=C stretch
C-H bend
C-O stretch
C-O stretch
C-O stretch
C-I stretch
Carboxylic acid/Phenols
Phenols
phenols
Alkynes
Alkanes/ Alkynes
Alchohol
Alchohol
Alchohol
Alkyl halides
Table-4. Corrosion rate (CR), Inhibition efficiency and surface coverage (θ) for mild steel in
0.5M%HCl
Exposure
time (days)
Concentration of
inhibitor (g/v)
CR 0.5M HCl
(mm/day)
Surface coverage
(θ) for 0.5MHCl
Inhibition
Efficiency (%) for 0.5MHCl
2 0
0.5
1.0
1.5
2.0
2.5
3.0
3.5
1.0378
0.5010
0.2757
0.1299
0.0988
0.1151
0.1147
0.1098
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0.5172
0.7343
0.8748
0.9048
0.8890
0.8880
0.8750
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51.72
73.43
87.48
90.48
88.90
88.80
87.50
4
0
0.5
1.0
1.5
2.0
1.0316
0.4980
0.2561
0.1001
0.0667
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0.5173
0.7517
0.9030
0.9353
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51.73
75.17
90.30
93.53
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2.5
3.0
3.5
0.0843
0.0821
0.0803
0.9183
0.9150
0.9122
91.83
91.50
91.22
6 0
0.5
1.0
1.5
2.0
2.5
3.0
3.5
1.0219
0.4412
0.0908
0.0561
0.0185
0.0346
0.0325
0.0324
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0.5682
0.9111
0.9451
0.9717
0.9551
0.9543
0.9432
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56.82
91.11
94.51
97.17
95.51
95.43
94.32
8 0
0.5
1.0
1.5
2.0
2.5
3.0
3.5
0.5565
0.1719
0.0303
0.0176
0.0952
0.0303
0.0302
0.0300
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0.5981
0.9291
0.9675
0.9734
0.9291
0.9286
0.9156
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59.81
95.75
96.75
97.34
92.91
92.86
91.56
10 0
0.5
1.0
1.5
2.0
2.5
3.0
3.5
0.3220
0.1010
0.0185
0.0165
0.0067
0.0120
0.0110
0.0105
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0.6864
0.9025
0.9352
0.9757
0.9624
0.9603
0.9567
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68.64
90.25
93.52
97.57
96.24
96.03
95.67
Table-5. Ultrasonic sound results
Inhibitor con
%v/v
Initial Thickness Final Thickness Difference Pits noted Remark
0.0 11.50 9.0 2.5 yes Localized
0.5 10.81 10.5 0.31 yes Localized
1.0 11.50 11.3 0.2 No Uniform
1.5 10.43 10.3 0.13 No Uniform
2.0 10.12 10.1 0.02 No Little or no attack 2.5 10.43 10.2 0.23 No Uniform
3.0 10.13 10.0 0.13 No Uniform
3.5 10.32 10.1 0.22 No Uniform