STUDY OF CIGARETTE BUTTS EXTRACT AS CORROSIVEINHIBITING AGENT IN J55 STEEL MATERIAL

S.Vahidhabanu, B.Rameshbabu, P. Suresh Babu, H. Abdul Rahman

Abstract: Cigarette butts are the one of the most common garbage worldwide, as an estimated 4.5 trillion cigarette butts are deposited somewhere into the environment every year. Chemicals such as arsenic, nicotine, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, and heavy metals have been found to leach into water and can be the source of toxicity to life in marine and freshwater environments. The present study is to isolate crude extracts from littered cigarette butts using polar solvents, which is used as corrosion inhibitor for J55 oil well tubular steel used in acidization of oil well and gas production. The chemical compounds present in the crude extracts analyzed using LC-MS and ASS. Weight loss and electrochemical techniques were used to evaluate corrosion inhibitive effects on J55 oil well tubular steel in 15% HCl solution at 30°C and 105°C.Result shows that the highest inhibition efficiencies of 99% and 61% are obtained for 30oC and 105oC respectively at 6% concentration.Hence delivered a potential remedial solution for the littered cigarette butts and provide a clean environment.

Keywords: cigarette butts, corrosion, inhibitor, environment, acidization

DOI: https://doi.org/10.15623/ijret.2014.0301077