Imidazole represents a special class of heterocyclic compounds that possesses several industrial and biological activities. Imidazole and its derivatives are extensively employed as corrosion inhibitors for different metals in different electrolytes. Most of the imidazole based compounds behaved as mixed and interface type corrosion inhibitors and their adsorption mechanism obeyed the Langmuir adsorption isotherm model. Generally, imidazole and its derivatives interact with metallic surface using electron rich centers. Present article also describes collection of major studies that described the anticorrosive effect of imidazole and its derivatives.

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咪唑作为水性电解质中金属和合金的高效杂环腐蚀抑制剂：综述

咪唑代表具有几种工业和生物活性的一类特殊的杂环化合物。咪唑及其衍生物广泛用作不同电解质中不同金属的腐蚀抑制剂。大多数咪唑基化合物起混合型和界面型缓蚀剂的作用，其吸附机理符合Langmuir吸附等温线模型。通常，咪唑及其衍生物利用富电子中心与金属表面相互作用。本文还描述了描述咪唑及其衍生物的防腐作用的主要研究的集合。