Research Article

Organic Phosphorus Compounds as Inhibitors of Corrosion of Carbon Steel in Circulating Cooling Water: Weight Loss Method and Thermodynamic and Quantum Chemical Studies

Table 3

Quantum chemical parameters of the three organic phosphorus inhibitors at the B3LYP/6-31G (d, p) theoretical level.

Corrosion inhibitor
Quantum chemical parametersPBTCAHEDPATMP

EHOMO (eV)−7.5811−7.5321−6.4845
ELUMO (eV)−0.33200.68570.9960
ΔE (eV)−7.2491−8.2178−7.4805
Dipole moment (debye)3.79495.796412.0357
Electron affinity (A)0.3320−0.6857−0.9960
Electronegativity (χ)3.95663.42322.7443
Hardness (η)3.62464.10893.7403
Affinity index (ω)2.15951.42601.0068