The 6th International Conference on Material Strength and Applied Mechanics
(MSAM 2023)

Abstract: Corrosion is a global problem causing accidents, failures and shutdown of the industries and oilfield reservoirs. The worldwide economic loss is enormous due to corrosion and still there is no proper solution to mitigate it. All the available methods can delay or mitigate the process of corrosion for some time but cannot stop it fully. Use of inhibitors is one of the available methods which are cheap, and easy to use. Modern methods play vital role in elucidating the mechanism of corrosion inhibition, the determination of corrosion rate, and elucidating the mechanism of corrosion inhibition. The talk will mainly focus on modern electrochemical techniques including Electrochemical Impedance Spectroscopy (EIS), Potentiodynamic Polarization (Tafel,) and Electrochemical Frequency Modulation (EFM) as an effective method to understand corrosion inhibition mechanism. To. explore additional information through electrochemical frequency modulation, new experiments were conducted to observe a trend with and without inhibitor. Modern methods are not complete without discussing the micro-electrochemical techniques including Scanning Electrochemical Microscopy (SECM), Scanning Kelvin Probe (SKP), Localised Electrochemical Impedance Spectroscopy (LEIS), and Scanning Vibrating Electrode (SVET) that provide the information about the localized electrochemical nature. Surface analyses are also important to confirm the mitigation phenomenon of the inhibitor. The importance of different methods including scanning electron microscopy (SEM), atomic force microscopy (AFM) and contact angle studies shall be highlighted to vindicate the mechanism of corrosion mitigation. Moreover, to confirm the data obtained from the experimental studies the significance theoretical studies such as including DFT and Molecular Dynamic studies will also be highlighted.

Keywords: EFM, Inhibitor, SVET, AFM, SKP, LEIS.

Biography: Dr. Ambrish Singh is working as Professor in School of New Energy and Materials, Southwest Petroleum University, China. He is leading the Corrosion Research Group (CRG) with master students, Ph.D. students and post doc researchers. His research interests are mainly focused on corrosion, electrochemistry, green chemistry, quantum chemistry, smart coatings, polymers, nano-materials, composites, and petroleum engineering. He got the prestigious Sichuan 1000 Talent Award from the Sichuan government, China for his outstanding research contributions as a faculty. He got the President’s Award for exceptional post-doctoral research work. He also received the Young Scientist Award from UPCST, Lucknow, India. He has published more than 160 SCI peer-reviewed research papers in high impact journals. He is acting as reviewer for more than 43 high impact journals and editor for few journals. He is included as board member in several journals due to his contributions in the field of corrosion. Dr. Singh has been invited to present his work in several national and international conferences, seminars and workshops. He is the author of several book chapters and books. He has drafted five patents based on his new and innovative findings and awarded with one in China. He has finished several state and provincial projects in China and India. He is a consultant to KFUPM, Saudi Arabia for an international project. He is the member of ISCA, NACE, AMPP, SPE and ACS. His research paper citations are over 7500; H-Index of 43 and I10-Index of 103.