Insight into the Corrosion Inhibition Behavior of Ionic Liquids for Metals and Their Alloys in Corrosive Media: A Comprehensive Review

Owing to the hazardous effects of frequently utilized corrosion inhibitors, as well as the critical health and safety laws governing their usage and storage, there is huge enthusiasm in finding efficient non-hazardous substitutes. Ionic liquids (ILs) have gotten a lot of attention in the last decade, owing to their intriguing qualities like non-inflammability, low volatility, less hazardous, superior thermal resilience, and capability for getting easily adsorb on the surface of the metal. This review article includes a compendium of recent scientific articles and reviews on ILs as corrosion inhibitors (mostly from 2015 to 2021). This article provides an overview of the utilization of ILs as corrosion inhibitors. Additionally, corrosion inhibitors are reviewed in detail, as well as their latest trends and advancements. © 2023 American Institute of Physics Inc.. All rights reserved.