“…Although synthetic polymers [3,4,5,6], organic [7,8,9,10,11,12] and inorganic compounds [13,14] were applied as inhibitors to reduce the dissolution of Al in alkaline media, little attention has been focused on application of natural polymers as dissolution inhibitors in alkaline medium [15]. Hassan and co-workers investigated the corrosion inhibition of Al in NaOH by water-soluble alginates and pectates [16] as natural polymers carrying secondary alcoholic groups.…”