title: Pyrite passivation by triethylenetetramine: an electrochemical study.
abstract: The potential of triethylenetetramine (TETA) to inhibit the oxidation of pyrite in H(2)SO(4) solution had been investigated by using the open-circuit potential (OCP), cyclic voltammetry (CV), potentiodynamic polarization, and electrochemical impedance (EIS), respectively. Experimental results indicate that TETA is an efficient coating agent in preventing the oxidation of pyrite and that the inhibition efficiency is more pronounced with the increase of TETA. The data from potentiodynamic polarization show that the inhibition efficiency (η%) increases from 42.08% to 80.98% with the concentration of TETA increasing from 1% to 5%. These results are consistent with the measurement of EIS (43.09% to 82.55%). The information obtained from potentiodynamic polarization also displays that the TETA is a kind of mixed type inhibitor.
authors: Department of Environmental Science and Engineering, Xiangtan University, Xiangtan 411105, China ; The Key Lab of Pollution Control and Ecosystem Restoration in Industry Clusters, Ministry of Education, Guangzhou 510006, China.
authors: Yun
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authors: Liu
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authors: Dang
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authors: Tianyuan
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