Kinerja Antikorosi Zink Dialkilditiofosfat Berdasarkan Studi Termodinamika dan Kinetika dengan Teknik Polarisasi Potensiodinamik

Abstract

Zinc Dialkyldithiophosphates (ZDTP) is lubricant additives and has function as anti-friction, anti-wear, antioxidant, and anti-corrosion. ZDTP Performances as anti-corrosion is measured by potentiodynamic polarization technique. Three types of ZDTP were prepared, based on the alkyl chain length. The Measurement shows that ZDTP 8 has the highest corrosion inhibition affectivity as compared to ZDTP 4 and ZDTP 16. The inhibition affectivity of ZDTP 8 to metal Cu reaching 80% in the concentration 2% of inhibitor solution. This research result also explains the influence of alkyl chain length on the performance of ZDTP as anti-corrosion. Thermodynamic parameter verification shows corrosion spontaneity decrease by the present of inhibitor. Corrosion activation energy with present ZDTP 8 is 38.60 kJ mol-1, the value is bigger than blank activation energy namely 31.14 kJ mol-1. This phenomena shows that decreasing corrosion rate relate with increasing minimum energy of reaction.