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Table 4 Electrochemical parameters fitted by using Tafel polarization data

From: Mechanism of corrosion protection in chloride solution by an apple-based green inhibitor: experimental and theoretical studies

Sample Name

Tafel slopes (b/mV)

Ecorr (mV)

icorr (μA/cm2)

IE%a

βa

-βc

APE0

104.1 ± 46.7

384.4 ± 101.1

− 833.3 ± 25.3

11.92 ± 3.29

–

APE1

83.6 ± 1.5

92.5 ± 45.4

−712.2 ± 30.5

4.60 ± 2.24

61.4

APE2

64.8 ± 12.0

88.6 ± 16.7

− 757.6 ± 117.1

3.58 ± 0.20

69.9

APE3

87.3 ± 28.7

102.1 ± 5.5

− 728.8 ± 31.9

2.03 ± 1.01

83.0

  1. Note: standard errors are reported
  2. aIE% = (1 - icorr (inhibited) / icorr (uninhibited)) × 100