PENGGUNAAN SENYAWA TIOUREA SEBAGAI INHIBITOR KOROSI TEMBAGA

DALAM LARUTAN ASAM NITRAT

(APPLICATION OF THIOUREA COMPOUND AS CORROSION INHIBITOR OF
COPPER IN NITRIC ACID SOLUTION)
Hendra Heryanto dan P. Yatiman
Jurusan Pendidikan Kimia FMIPA Universitas Negeri Yogyakarta

Email: gklaten@gmail.com
Abstrak
Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk menyelidiki laju korosi tembaga, efisiensi
inhibisi tiourea, dan mengetahui konsentrasi tiourea yang memadai (IE 90
%) dalam pengendalian korosi tembaga dalam larutan HNO3) 1 M pada suhu 30
o
C dan waktu pemaparan 6 jam.
Penelitian ini menggunakan metode kehilangan berat (weight loss). Sampel
tembaga sebelum dan sesudah pemaparan dalam larutan uji dikarakterisasi
menggunakan X-Ray Diffraction (XRD), spektrofotometer FTIR, dan Scanning
Electron Microscopy (SEM).

Pada penambahan tiourea (1,0

10-5), (1,0 10-4), (2,0
10-4), (4,0

10-4), (6,0 10-4), dan (8,0 10-4) M ke dalam larutan uji, laju korosi tembaga
meningkat dan efisiensi inhibisinya menurun, sedangkan pada penambahan

tiourea (1,0
10-3), (5,0
10-3), (1,5
10-2), (2,5
10-2), (5,0
10-2), dan

(8,0
10-2) M ke dalam larutan uji, laju korosinya menurun dan efisiensi
inhibisinya meningkat. Konsentrasi tiourea yang memadai (IE 90 %)untuk
pengendalian korosi tembaga dalam larutan HNO 3 1 M pada suhu 30 oC dan

waktu pemaparan 6 jam adalah 5,0 10-2 M.

Kata kunci: tiourea, inhibitor korosi, tembaga, larutan asam nitrat, metode
kehilangan berat (weight loss).
Abstract
The research aimed to investigate the corrosion rate of copper, inhibition
efficiency of thiourea, and determine the adequate concentration of thiourea (IE
90%) in controlling copper corrosion in nitric acid (HNO3) solution of 1 M at
30 C and immersion time of 6 hours.
This research used a weight loss method. Copper samples before and after
immersion in the test solutions were characterized by using X-Ray Diffraction
(XRD), Fourier Transform Infra Red spectrophotometer (FTIR), and Scanning
Electron Microscopy (SEM).

On the addition of thiourea (1,0 10-5), (1,0 10-4), (2,0 10-4), (4,0

10-4), (6,0 10-4), and (8,0 10-4) M to the test solutions, the corrosion rate of
copper increased and the inhibition efficiency of thiourea decreased. However,

the addition of thiourea (1,0

10-3) , (5,0
10-3), (1,5
10-2), (2,5
10-2),

(5,0 10-2), and (8,0 10-2) M to the solutions, the corrosion rate decreased
and the inhibition efficiency increased. The adequate concentration of thiourea
(IE 97,312 %) as corrosion inhibitor of copper in HNO3 solution of 1 M at

temperature of 30 C and immersion time of 6 hours was 5,0 10-2 M.

Key words: thiourea, corrosion inhibitor, copper, nitric acid solution, weight
loss.
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