%0 Journal Article %T Corrosion Inhibition of 304 SS in Hydrochloric Acid Solution by N - Furfuryl N'- Phenyl Thiourea %A Herle %A R. %A Shetty %A P. %A Shetty %A S.D. %A Kini %A U.A. %J Portugaliae Electrochimica Acta %D 2011 %I Sociedade Portuguesa de Electroqu¨ªmica %X the inhibition of corrosion of 304 ss in 2 n hcl solutions by n - furfuryl - n' phenyl thiourea (fptu) has been investigated using potentiodynamic polarization techniques. the results obtained reveal that fptu performs excellently as anodic inhibitor (ie> 93%) for 304 ss in hcl solution. the inhibitor functions through adsorption following temkin£¿s adsorption isotherm, and the inhibition was governed by physisorption mechanism. the thermodynamic parameters deduced for the adsorption process reveal spontaneous adsorption of the compound on the alloy steel surface. %K 304 ss %K hydrochloric acid %K inhibition %K fptu %K adsorption. %U http://www.scielo.gpeari.mctes.pt/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&pid=S0872-19042011000200001&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en