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ABSTRACT1-Phenylazo-2-naphthol (PAN) was subjected to electrocoagulation using a 0.3 A d.c electrolytic cell in various solvents including ethanol, acetone, benzene and n-hexane. The extent of decolourization of PAN in the solvents has been determined. The highest decolourization was achieved in ethanol with colour removal efficiency of 63% within the first 15 min and 79% after 120 min of electrocoagulation. The decolourization of PAN in the solvents is observed to follow the order: Ethanol>n-hexane>benzene>acetone. The electrocoagulation data has also been interpreted based on adsorption kinetic models. Electrocoagulation of PAN in all the solvents obeyed the pseudo-second order kinetic model and Elovich kinetic model.

Telfairia occidentalis rind extract has been studied as a potential green inhibitor for mild steel corrosion in 1 M H2SO4 using weight loss and hydrogen evolution methods. The results of the investigation reveal that Telfairia occidentalis rind extract is a good inhibitor of mild steel corrosion in sulphuric acid solution. The inhibition efficiency increases with increase in rind extract concentration but decreases with increase in temperature. The calculated thermodynamic parameters reveal that the corrosion inhibition process was endothermic and spontaneous. Physical adsorption has been proposed for the adsorption of Telfairia occidentalis rind extract onto mild steel surface. The adsorption of the extract on mild steel surface obeys the Langmuir adsorption isotherm.

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