Handbook of Science & Engineering of Green Corrosion Inhibitors

Chandrabhan Verma is researcher in the Department of Chemical and Petroleum Engineering at Khalifa University, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. His research mainly focuses on synthesising and designing environmentally friendly corrosion inhibitors useful for industrial applications.

SECTION 1 Overview of Corrosion and Green Corrosion Inhibitors

1. Corrosion: Basics and adverse effects

2. Forms of Corrosion

3. Basics and theories of corrosion: Thermodynamics and electrochemistry

4. Concept of green chemistry in corrosion science

5. Classification of corrosion inhibitors

SECTION 2 Corrosion Environments

6. Corrosion and corrosion inhibition in acidic electrolytes

7. Corrosion and corrosion inhibition in alkaline electrolytes

8. Corrosion and corrosion inhibition in neutral electrolytes

9. Corrosion and corrosion inhibition in sweet and sour environments

SECTION 3 Corrosion Investigation: Analysis and Assessment

10. Weight loss method of corrosion assessment

11. Electrochemical methods of corrosion assessment

12. Computational methods of corrosion assessment

SECTION 4 Synthetic Green Corrosion Inhibitors

13. Ionic liquids as green corrosion inhibitors

14. Green corrosion inhibitors from one step multicomponent reactions

15. Green corrosion inhibitors from microwave and ultrasound irradiations

16. Green corrosion inhibitors using environmental friendly solvents

SECTION 5 Natural Green Corrosion Inhibitors

17. Plant extracts as green corrosion inhibitors

18. Chemical medicines (drugs) as green corrosion inhibitors

19. Natural polymers as green corrosion inhibitors

20. Carbohydrates as green corrosion inhibitors

21. Amino acids (AAs) as green corrosion inhibitors

22. Oleochemicals as corrosion inhibitors

SECTION 6 Emerging Trends in Corrosion Protection

23. High temperature corrosion and corrosion inhibitors

24. Nanomaterials as corrosion inhibitors