The inhibitive effect of Lupine extract on the corrosion of etched and non-etched aluminum in aqueous solution of 0.1 M HCl was investigated at 30 ºC by potentiodynamic polarization, electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS) and optical microscopic techniques. Potentiodynamic polarization curves indicated that Lupine extract acts as anodic type inhibitor. EIS measurements showed that the charge transfer resistance and consequently the inhibition efficiency increase with increasing concentration of Lupine. The experimental data indicated that Lupine is more efficient as inhibitor for the acid corrosion of non-etched aluminum. The inhibitive effect of the extract was assumed to occur via adsorption of active ingredients of the extract on the metal surface. Theoretical fitting of the data to the Kinetic-thermodynamic model were tested to clarify the nature of adsorption. The optical micrographs obtained after surface pre-treatment show that alkaline etching reveals the surface to be porous-like in structure and both the acid and extract have limited effect on the size of pores.

Corrosion behavior of aluminum in 0.1 M HCl, 0.1 M HClO4 and 0.05 M H2SO4 solutions was studied using potentiodynamic polarization and electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS) techniques. The results showed that the rate of corrosion of aluminum was arranged in the order: HCl > HClO4 > H2SO4. Lupine extract is an effective green inhibitor for the corrosion of aluminum in acidic solutions. The inhibition efficiency of the extract was found to increase with increasing the concentration of the extract. The obtained results showed that the lupine extract is effective in the order HClO4 > HCl > H2SO4. Theoretical fitting of the corrosion data to the Kinetic-thermodynamic model was tested to clarify the nature of adsorption.