This research reports the evaluation of essential oils (EOs) such as those from the plant Piper divaricatum and Clove (button) Eugenia caryophyllus, as green corrosion inhibitors in metallic materials precisely in this work, carbon steel, these oils being considered environmentally sustainable. Corrosion tests were carried out in corrosive media such as 1M HCl and 3.5% NaCl, the concentrations used for both essential oils were 0.5g/L; 1g/L; 2g/L and 4g/L, for periods of time such as 24h and 7 days. The method used to evaluate the efficiency of the oils was gravimetric (weight loss). The Scanning Electron Microscopy technique of the field emission gun type (SEM-FEG) was conducted to investigate the surface of the specimen, while its chemical composition was obtained through Electron Dispersion Spectroscopy (EDS). In this work, several aspects were discussed, such as the efficiency in relation to the time exposed to the test specimen to corrosive media and factors such as the adsorption isotherm of the oils on the metal surface, in addition to calculations of the corrosion rate of the test specimens in the absence and presence of inhibitors and their relationship with the oil concentrations used. The studies indicated that the essential oils of Piper divaricatum and Clove (Eugenia caryophyllus) showed excellent results in an acid medium of up to 98.3% for the concentration of 2g/L of Piper divaricatum EO in 24h, and 89.5% for the concentration of 1g/L of Eugenia caryophyllus EO in 7 days. In the neutral medium, the highest percentages of inhibition were 61.1% for the concentration of 0.5g/L of EO from Piper divaricatum in 24h, and 83.3% for the concentration of 1g/L of EO from Eugenia caryophyllus in 24h. the isotherms of the oils followed the Langmuir adsorption model, where both oils adsorbed on the metal surface, the best results of isotherms were for the acid medium, for the neutral medium due to the high variability of the data it was not possible to establish a consistent correlation. In view of the proposed results, it was possible to conclude that the essential oils of P. divaricatum and E. caryophyllus have the potential to be used as corrosion inhibitors mainly in an acid medium, thus providing new alternatives in order to reduce the toxicity of this process in comparison to inhibitors already on the market.
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