A natural corrosion inhibitor extracted from sycamore leaves that forms a protective layer on copper and significantly suppresses corrosion in sulfuric acid solution.
Wang, Jiaqi · Linling, Cui · Bin, Chen · Xuxin, Chen · Lv, Zhong · Chen, Depeng · Qiang, Yujie · Xiang, Tengfei
Journal of Materials Research and Technology 2023
Forms a protective layer with Cu-N bonds on copper surface
Inhibition efficiency decreases at elevated temperatures