synthesis, characterization and evaluation of inhibition corrosion of bacterial cellulose/metal oxides nanocomposites

The present study aimed at synthesizing and characterizing mixed oxides/bacterial cellulose nanocomposites and evaluating its anti-corrosion. the first part of this experimental work included preparation of bacterial cellulose, and syntheses and characterization of [nbc/zno:cuo] and [nbc/nio:cuo] nanocomposites based on nanostructure specifically with bacterial cellulose as a composite. all the composites were synthesized using hydrothermal method; the structures of the new composites were characterized by fourier transform infrared, scanning electron microscopy–energy dispersive x–ray (sem/edx), x-ray diffraction (xrd) and atomic force microscopy (afm). the second part of study pertains to the evaluation of anticorrosion. it was noticed that the highest inhibition efficiency was for nbc/ zno:cuo and nbc/nio:cuo where in inhibition efficiency was 97.31% and 93.37%, respectively, due to lower corrosion current density which reduced corrosion rate.