**Conclusion**


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**Author details**

Geethamani Palanisamy

*Corrosion Inhibitors*

*DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5772/intechopen.80542*

provided the original work is properly cited.

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Department of Chemistry, SNS College of Technology, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu,

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*Corrosion Inhibitors DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5772/intechopen.80542*

*Corrosion Inhibitors*

**Conclusion**

Corrosion.

• Electrical double layer alteration

degrades the useful properties of materials.

loses one or more electrons.

forming conventional inhibitors.

The adsorption of ions or species that can form ions on metal surfaces will change the electrical double layer at the metal/solution interface, and this will affect the rates of the electrochemical reactions [68]. The adsorption of cations such as quaternary ammonium ions and protonated amines makes the potential more positive in the plane of the closest approach to the metal ions from the solution. This positive potential shift hinders the discharge of the positively charged hydrogen ions. These effects

• Corrosion is a natural process which reduces the binding energy in metals and

• The end result of corrosion involves a metal atom being oxidized, whereby it

• The corrosion manifests itself as a break-up of bulk metal to metal powder.

• The knowledge of the method of the action, facilitates the choice of the inhibitors, improves efficiency, avoids the process is impaired and side effects.

• It is important in the choice of inhibitor whatever may be the method, ascertain

• The environmental friendly inhibitors have shown excellent results, outper-

• Corrosion inhibitors are a great effective method of preventing corrosion.

the subsequent effects of this towards the environment.

have been observed with sulfosalicylate ions and the benzoate ions [69, 70].

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