The influence of some organic acid hydrazides, namely salicylic acid hydraz
ide (SAH), anthranilic acid hydrazide (AAH), benzoic acid hydrazide (BAH) a
nd cinnamic acid hydrazide (CAH) on the corrosion inhibition of mild steel
in the presence of 1 N HCl was studied. The adsorption of all the hydrazide
s on mild steel surface in the acid solution were found to obey Temkin's ad
sorption isotherm. The values of activation energy and free energy of adsor
ption of all the hydrazides were also calculated. The potentiodynamic polar
ization studies indicated that all the hydrazides except SAH are mixed inhi
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