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APPLIED SURFACE SCIENCE
Volume 256, Issue 14, Pages 4729-4733Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.apsusc.2010.02.082
Keywords
Imidazoline; Corrosion inhibitor; Molecular modeling
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- Natural Science Foundation of Shandong Province [Y2006B35]
- CNPC Innovation Foundation [07E1021, 2008D-5006-02]
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Corrosion inhibiting performance of 1-hydroxyethyl-2-heptadecylimidazoline (A) and 1-aminoethyl-2-heptadecylimidazoline (B) for mild steel was evaluated by combination of quantum chemistry calculation, molecular mechanics, and molecular dynamics simulation. The calculated results by quantum chemistry method demonstrated that frontier orbitals of A and B molecules are mainly located on imidazoline rings, and molecule B possesses higher reactivity than molecule A. The calculated results by molecular mechanics and molecular dynamics simulation presented that these two inhibitor molecules could form dense and high-coverage membranes to prevent diffusion of reactive corrosive species to metal surface. Furthermore, the adsorption energy, cohesive energy, and adsorption angle demonstrated that the binding affinity and stability of B membrane was remarkably greater than that of A, which indicated that B had better inhibition performance in CO2 corrosion. The calculated results were well accorded with previous reported experimental results. These researches implied that molecular modeling might be an effective approach to assess inhibition performance, which has potential application in design of new inhibitors. (C) 2010 Elsevier B. V. All rights reserved.
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