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The objective of the work presented in the book deals with the corrosion inhibition behavior of some novel surfactants in acidic medium. A number of gemini and conventional surfactants were synthesized and were tested as corrosion inhibitor in acidic media. The synthesized surfactants were characterized by NMR. The surfactants considered for investigations are: (i) Three cationic gemini surfactants of hexadecyl series with methyl spacers, namely butane diyl-1,4-bis(dimethyl hexadecyl ammonium bromide), pentane diyl-1,5-bis(dimethyl hexadecyl ammonium bromide) and hexane diyl-1,6-bis(dimethyl hexadecyl ammonium bromide), (ii) Two cationic gemini surfactants of tetradecyl series with methyl spacers, namely butane diyl-1,4-bis(dimethyl tetradecyl ammonium bromide) and hexane diyl-1,6-bis(dimethyl tetradecyl ammonium bromide), (iii) One schiff base-based cationic gemini surfactants with S spacers, namely bis[p-(N,N,N-tetradecyldimethylammonium bromide)benzylidene]thiourea and (iv) Triton X-100. The techniques used are weight loss, solvent analysis, potentiodynamic polarization measurements, AC impedance,SEM,EDAX,AFM and thermodynamic/kinetic parameters.

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Sheerin Masroor earned her Ph.D in Applied Chemistry (2014) from Aligarh Muslim University. Her main research fields are synthesis of corrosion inhibiting formulations and their application as corrosion inhibitors.Mohd. Mobin is currently working as Professor (Chairman) in the Department of Applied Chemistry.

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