Furosemide drug as a corrosion inhibitor for carbon steel in 1.0 M hydrochloric acid.

Furosemide (4-chloro-2-furan-2-ylmethylamino-5-sulfamoylbenzoic acid) was examined as an inhibitor for the corrosion of carbon steel (CS) in 1.0 M HCl. The investigation included mass loss (ML) and electrochemical techniques: potentiodynamic polarization (PP), electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS), and electrochemical frequency modulation (EFM). The efficiency of inhibition rises with increasing Furosemide concentration and temperature. This compound follows the Temkin isotherm with good fit. The presence of varying quantities influences both anodic metal dissolution and cathodic hydrogen evolution. Scanning electron microscopy (SEM), atomic force microscopy (AFM), X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS), and Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FT-IR) were used to detect the effect of the compound on the CS surface. The molecular inhibitory effect of Furosemide was demonstrated using quantum chemical calculations, and the molecular simulation results demonstrated the adsorption on the carbon steel surface.