Copper corrosion was suppressed when a lupine extract
was immersed
in a 2 M sulfamic acid (H
2
NSO
3
H) solution. Numerous
methods, including mass loss (ML), dynamic potential polarization
(PL), and electrochemical impedance (EIS), were employed in these
experiments, in addition to theoretical computations such as density
functional theory (DFT), Fukui function, and Monte Carlo simulations.
Fourier transform infrared (FT-IR) spectroscopy and scanning electron
microscopy (SEM) were used to analyze the Cu surface’s composition
and determine its form. Mass loss (ML) was used to examine the inhibition
rate of copper corrosion in sulfamic acid at 25 °C in the presence
of lupine extract. After examining how it behaved throughout the adsorption
process on copper, it was discovered that it follows the Langmuir
isotherm and chemical adsorption. An analysis of the PL curves indicates
that the lupine extract is a mixed-type inhibitor. It was shown that
the inhibitory efficiency increased to 84.2% with increasing lupine
concentration. Additionally, as the data show, the efficiency of inhibitors
is diminished by increasing temperatures. Theoretical calculations
and experimental data were compared using Monte Carlo simulation (MC)
and density functional theory (DFT).