{"id":1930,"date":"2025-07-20T06:43:36","date_gmt":"2025-07-20T06:43:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jjeci.net\/?p=1930"},"modified":"2025-08-07T05:43:56","modified_gmt":"2025-08-07T05:43:56","slug":"eco-friendly-corrosion-inhibition-of-mild-steel-in-marine-environments-using-musanga-cecropioides-leaf-extract-gravimetric-adsorption-isotherm-and-rsm-optimization-studies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jjeci.net\/index.php\/2025\/07\/20\/eco-friendly-corrosion-inhibition-of-mild-steel-in-marine-environments-using-musanga-cecropioides-leaf-extract-gravimetric-adsorption-isotherm-and-rsm-optimization-studies\/","title":{"rendered":"Eco-Friendly Corrosion Inhibition of Mild Steel in Marine Environments Using Musanga cecropioides Leaf Extract: Gravimetric, Adsorption Isotherm, and RSM Optimization Studies"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-0a401332f4f7303ed6d4bcfbaf6ccf94\">Authors: <strong>Tolumoye. J.Tuaweri , Silas.O.Okuma<sup>  , <\/sup>and <sup>&nbsp;<\/sup>Cynthia. C. Nwaeju<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>DOI:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.48103\/jjeci8182025\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.48103\/jjeci8182025<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/jjeci.net\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"jjeci.net\">JORDANIAN JOURNAL OF ENGINEERING AND CHEMICAL INDUSTRIES (JJECI)<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Pages: : 201-213<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/jjeci.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/jjeci25-114.pdf\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"512\" height=\"512\" src=\"https:\/\/jjeci.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/545456564.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1705\" style=\"width:50px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jjeci.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/545456564.png 512w, https:\/\/jjeci.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/545456564-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/jjeci.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/545456564-150x150.png 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 512px) 100vw, 512px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:46px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<p><strong>Abstract<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-2107 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/jjeci.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Capture114-1-300x222.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"324\" height=\"240\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jjeci.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Capture114-1-300x222.jpg 300w, https:\/\/jjeci.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Capture114-1.jpg 587w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 324px) 100vw, 324px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Marine environments accelerate the corrosion of mild steel, posing significant operational challenges across global industries. This study investigates the corrosion inhibition potential of Musanga cecropioides leaf extract (MCLE) as a green, eco-friendly alternative to synthetic inhibitors. Phytochemical analysis revealed the presence of bioactive compounds such as alkaloids, flavonoids, tannins, Seriods , and terpenoids, which facilitate corrosion protection by forming adherent protective films on steel surfaces. Gravimetric weight loss measurements conducted over a period of 85 hrs assessed the inhibitor\u2019s performance across varying concentrations (0.2\u20130.8 g\/L) in seawater. Maximum inhibition efficiency of 95.1% was achieved at 0.8 g\/L after 68 hours of immersion. Adsorption behavior followed the Langmuir isotherm model with a correlation coefficient (R\u00b2) of 0.99087, confirming monolayer adsorption and suggesting physisorption as the dominant mechanism (\u0394G_ads = \u201313.8 kJ\/mol). Optimization using Response Surface Methodology (RSM) and Central Composite Design (CCD) yielded a statistically robust quadratic model (R\u00b2 = 0.8492, adjusted R\u00b2 = 0.7953, Adeq Precision = 11.1362). Validation experiments confirmed model accuracy, showing a low uncertainty error of 1.66% between predicted and experimental inhibition efficiency. These findings demonstrate that Musanga cecropioides leaf extract offers a highly effective, sustainable, and economically viable solution for mitigating mild steel corrosion in marine environments.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><strong>Paper type<\/strong>: Research Paper<\/p>\n<p><strong>Keywords: <\/strong>Corrosion nhibition, <strong>Musanga cecropioides, <\/strong>Mild Steel, Marine Environment, Green Inhibitor<\/p>\n<p><strong>Citation: <\/strong>Tuaweri, T.J., Okuma,S.O.,and Nwaeju.C.C &#8221; Eco-Friendly Corrosion Inhibition of Mild Steel in Marine Environments Using <em>Musanga cecropioides<\/em> Leaf Extract: Gravimetric, Adsorption Isotherm, and RSM Optimization Studies\u201d <em>Jordanian Journal of Engineering and Chemical Industries<\/em>, Vol. <strong>8<\/strong>, No.2, pp:201-213 (2025).<\/p>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:57px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-pdf-viewer-block-standard\" style=\"text-align:left\"><div class=\"uploaded-pdf\"><a href=\"https:\/\/jjeci.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/jjeci25-114.pdf\" data-width=\"\" data-height=\"\"><\/a><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Authors: Tolumoye. J.Tuaweri , Silas.O.Okuma , and &nbsp;Cynthia. C. Nwaeju DOI:\u00a0https:\/\/doi.org\/10.48103\/jjeci8182025 JORDANIAN JOURNAL OF ENGINEERING AND CHEMICAL INDUSTRIES (JJECI) Pages: : 201-213 Abstract Marine environments accelerate the corrosion of mild steel, posing significant operational challenges across global industries. This study investigates the corrosion inhibition potential of Musanga cecropioides leaf extract (MCLE) as a green, eco-friendly &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1931,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[65,67],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-1930","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-65","8":"category-volume-8-issue-2"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jjeci.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1930","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jjeci.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jjeci.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jjeci.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jjeci.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1930"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/jjeci.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1930\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2529,"href":"https:\/\/jjeci.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1930\/revisions\/2529"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jjeci.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1931"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jjeci.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1930"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jjeci.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1930"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jjeci.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1930"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}