Electrochemical behaviour of lead in hydrochloric acid solution in the presence of inorganic ions

Subject Areas : Journal of the Iranian Chemical Research

Belkheir Hammouti ¹ , Rachid Salghi ² , Mohammed Mihit ³ , Lahcen Bazzi ⁴

1 - Laboratoire de Chimie Appliquée et Environnement, Faculté des Sciences, Université Mohammed Premier, B.P. 717, 60 000 Oujda,Morocco
2 - Laboratoire d'Ingénierie des Procédés de l’Energie et de l’Environnement, Equipe Génie de l’Environnement et de Biotechnologie, Ecole National des Sciences Appliquées, BP 1136, Agadir,
3 - Laboratoire Matériaux & Environnement, Equipe de Chimie Physique Appliquées, Faculté des Sciences, BP 8106, Agadir - Morocco
4 - Laboratoire Matériaux & Environnement, Equipe de Chimie Physique Appliquées, Faculté des Sciences, BP 8106, Agadir - Morocco

Received: 2009-01-04 Accepted : 2009-08-30 Published : 2009-09-20

Keywords: Corrosion, Lead, Oxo-anions, Hydrochloride acid, Cyclic voltammetry,

Abstract :

The electrochemical behaviour of lead electrode in hydrochloride solution containing variousoxo-anions at different concentrations was studied by using of cyclic voltammetry (CV) method.Results obtained show that the addition of these inorganic compounds decreases the anodic andcathodic currents peaks according to the following order: H2PO4- > HPO42-> SO42-. It’s revealedalso that the cathodic current density related to the reduction of Pb2+ ions dissolved in solutiondecreases with the oxo-anions concentration. When the addition of sulphates ions concentrationreaches 0.34 mol L-1, the formation of PbSO4 is highly favoured. Therefore, the intersticesbetween the crystals of PbSO4 encourage the dissolution of lead and the formation of insolublePbCl2 layer on the lead surface involving the passivation phenomenon.

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