Synergistic effects of environment friendly compounds of sodium silicate and 1-hydroxyethylidene
1,1 diphosphonic acid (HEDP) on mild steel corrosion control in neutral and aerated soft water
solutions have been investigated using electrochemical impedance spectroscopy and Tafel
polarization techniques. The impedance and polarization results revealed that inhibitors mixtures
have shown synergistic effects at lower value of HEDP. At 15ppm silicate and 10ppm HEDP showed
optimum enhanced inhibition compared to their individual effects. The co-addition of 15ppm HEDP
and 15ppm silicate have shown antagonistic behaviour. These observations have been supported by
scanning electron microscopy (SEM) images, illustrating that the surface homogeneity increases in
case of inhibitors mixture application and this provides good protection to mild steel against
corrosion in soft water solution.