Corrosion is an interfacial process that occurs at the metal-liquid interface and manifests itself at the macroscopic level. To gain a better understanding of corrosion and corrosion inhibition, the primary interactions responsible for these processes are explored at a molecular level. The frontier orbital type of approach is used to explain the orbital interactions for molecule-molecule and molecule-metal surface systems. The consequences of these interactions for these two systems are also discussed.

Subject
Ions, Metal surfaces, Inhibitor films, Protective films, Carbon monoxide, Corrosion reactions, Surfaces, Molecular structure, Chemical inhibition, Film formation, Metals, Corrosion inhibitors, Corrosion protection
Keywords:
corrosion reactions, corrosion inhibition, chemisorption, orbital interactions, interfacial processes, metal-liquid interface
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1990
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