Abstract
In the last decade, there has been an increase in research related to green corrosion inhibitors for conservation of metals cultural heritage to help promote sustainable practices in the field that are safe, environmentally friendly, and ecologically acceptable. The most common are organic substances derived either from natural and/or biological sources: plant extracts and oils, amino acids, microorganisms, and biopolymers. The chapter will provide a review of these substances as corrosion inhibitors for metals conservation, by discussing the state-of-the-art research to date, with a special focus on cysteine. Most of the research has focused on the examination of such inhibitors on metal coupons with or without corrosion products using electrochemical techniques or weight-loss measurements to determine their effectiveness. Some of these studies have also considered the conservation principles for practice, i.e., reversibility of the treatment and the visual aspect of the modification of the treated metal surface. However, before such green inhibitors can be routinely applied by conservators, more research is required on their application to real artefacts/monuments using in situ corrosion measurements. Furthermore, given that the composition of a green inhibitor is highly dependent on its extraction process, research must also involve identifying the specific adsorption models and involved mechanisms to ensure reproducibility of results.
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Keywords
- Green corrosion inhibitors
- Conservation
- Metals
- Cultural heritage
- Cysteine
- Natural or biological sources
- sustainable practice
1 Introduction
Corrosion inhibitors are used in conservation of metals cultural heritage to slow down or even prevent their corrosion during pretreatment, stabilization treatment, or storage/exhibition. Protection systems are used for maintenance of metal cultural heritage objects and monuments often with corrosion inhibitors, applied many times with or even in coatings (e.g., varnishes, waxes, and paints), or found in the packing materials used to store the objects. These systems must be effective at protecting long-term important monuments, such as the Eiffel Tower in Paris or rare objects such as the Antikythera mechanism at the National Archaeological Museum in Athens each with millions of visitors each year. There has been much discussion, research, and review into the application of corrosion inhibitors in metals conservation (Keene 1985; Rocca and Mirambet 2007; Cano and Lafuente 2013). In the last decade there has been a trend in conservation research as for industry into the application of green corrosion inhibitors or eco-friendly substances that have biocompatibility in nature. Sustainable conservation practices are growing concern especially given the effects of climate change to the environment (De Silva and Henderson 2011), and for health and safety concerns for conservators, even though there is a lack of exposure studies due to their work-related practices (Hawks et al. 2010; Schrager et al. 2017). As such, conservation research in metals should focus on the use of green materials, and the choices for corrosion inhibitors must conform to applicable standards and regulations concerning toxicity and environmental protection (Sharma and Sharma 2012; Goni and Mazumder 2019). This chapter will discuss and review organic green corrosion inhibitors (OGCIs) derived from natural and/or biological sources for conservation of metals with the aim in understanding their effectiveness, limitations, and way forward in research for conservation.
Specifically, when reviewing and discussing the literature on corrosion inhibitor applications for metals cultural heritage, most often metal surfaces have corrosion products that need to be retained since they preserve their original surface; also, their application occurs in solutions at alkaline or neutral (near-neutral) pHs either to preserve the metal during stabilization treatments (i.e., removal of corrosive species) or as a modification of the surface as a final conservation step for added protection. For industrial metals, corrosion inhibitors are applied to clean metal surfaces (without corrosion products), and most often in solutions at acidic pHs with the aim to strip the metal of those corrosion products, while at the same time protecting the metal substrate from corrosion.
For metals conservation, corrosion inhibitors can be applied anywhere during the conservation process: before, during, and after conservation. As such, corrosion inhibitors are applied in the following situations:
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In aqueous solutions, where the objects are immersed during their storage prior to treatment and/or during stabilization treatments (e.g., archaeological objects from terrestrial or marine sites);
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In surface treatments applied with a solvent either by immersion or brush to the objects/monuments as the final step in conservation with or without an additional coating;
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Included in paints and coating systems to provide added protection to the coated objects/monuments;
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In vapour phase, as capsules or in packing materials for long-term storage of metal objects/items;
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As reactive particles found in packaging materials to help produce a microenvironment leading to the preservation of the metal object either before or after conservation.
The conservation field usually follows industry trends in testing the application of new types of corrosion inhibitors. The two best known corrosion inhibitors applied from industry and used in conservation of objects made from copper and iron alloys for over 50 years are benzotriazole (BTA) (Madsen 1967) and tannins (Pelikan 1966), respectively (see Fig. 15.1). These inhibitors are usually applied as surface treatment prior to coating, or even found in coatings systems, such as BTA in Incralac (used to absorb ultraviolet light preventing breakdown of the protective film) (Erhardt et al. 1984; Boyatzis et al. 2017). Today, BTA is classified by the European Chemicals Agency as toxic (ECHA 2019a), but conservators still favour its use, until a suitable replacement is found (Cano and Lafuente 2013).
Industry over the past 10 years has shown a great interest in the use of green corrosion inhibitors for industrial applications, which is apparent by the dramatic increase in the publications on the topic when searching the Web of Knowledge, due to the hazards caused by commonly used toxic corrosion inhibitors (Shehata et al. 2018; Marzorati et al. 2019). Although there has also been conservation research during this period on the topic (see discussion in Sect. 15.3), metal conservators do not yet routinely apply these new green materials for conservation since they want more in-depth research into the long-term effects of these new products on cultural heritage metal objects. As a result, even today many traditional materials (e.g., chemicals including solvents) used by conservators may be unsafe both to their health and to the environment, since their primary concern is the effectiveness at stabilizing or protecting their objects long-term.
Research into green corrosion inhibitors for conservation of metals cultural heritage was greatly influenced by a collaborative project established over 10 years ago under the acronym PROMET entitled: ‘Innovative Conservation Approaches for Monitoring and Protecting Ancient and Historic Metals Collections from the Mediterranean Region’, financially supported by European project FP6-INCO (2004–2008) (Argyropoulos 2008; De Silva and Henderson 2011). The research results of this project set a milestone in sustainable practices for conservation of metals by:
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Establishing a protocol for the testing of coatings and corrosion inhibitors on material culture made of metals involving a common methodology for coupon preparation and coating application as well as the performance of accelerated and natural aged corrosion tests (see Fig. 15.2) (Degrigny 2008; Argyropoulos et al. 2013).
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Supporting and carrying out research into new and safe materials for protecting metal objects, the results of which inspired further research projects into this area (Cano and Lafuente 2013).
The PROMET project published a survey in 2007 on the use of corrosion inhibitors and coatings by conservators for metals museum collections in the Mediterranean region, which found that BTA in ethanol as a corrosion inhibitor and Paraloid B72 as a coating were the most popular in those countries (Argyropoulos et al. 2007b). However, these materials/practices were often developed and tested for metal objects in northern European and North American museums and were then brought into use in Mediterranean countries by foreigners working on missions in those countries or conservators who received their education abroad. In some cases, some materials and methods were found to be unsuitable for objects stored in a museum environment with high and fluctuating temperature and relative humidity including the presence of salt aerosols from close proximity to the sea (see Figs. 15.3 and 15.4) (Degrigny et al. 2007; Argyropoulos et al. 2007a). Also, the protection of metal collections from active corrosion is often the main concern both for archaeological and historical metal indoor and outdoor collections making the use of corrosion inhibitors and/or coatings essential in the Mediterranean region along with the necessary stabilization treatments.
In reviewing the literature on the topic presented in Sect. 15.3 of this chapter, countries in the Mediterranean region are the leaders in research of green corrosion inhibitors to cultural heritage metals. This chapter will define the types of green organic corrosion inhibitors commonly used by industry, how they work, and highlight the state-of-the-art research for conservation into these types of inhibitors used in different types of applications. Finally the chapter will provide a summary of the authors’ research into cysteine as a corrosion inhibitor for copper alloy metal artefacts and provide a statement for the way forward into research for metals conservation using green organic corrosion inhibitors from natural and biological sources.
2 Definition of Green Corrosion Inhibitors
Green corrosion inhibitors are biodegradable and do not contain heavy metals or other toxic compounds (Rani and Basu 2012). Traditionally industry used corrosion inhibitors that were non-biodegradable synthetic organic corrosion inhibitors and traditional inorganic corrosion inhibitors often contained heavy metals, such as chromates, that became restrictive with environmental regulations due to their hazardous effects, causing both problems to human health and/or ecological systems (Popoola 2019). These environmental issues have led corrosion scientists and engineers to move towards the use of green corrosion inhibitors from natural organic compounds and sources that are inexpensive, readily available, environmentally friendly and ecologically acceptable, and renewable (Goni and Mazumder 2019).
2.1 The Different Types or Classes of Corrosion Inhibitors
The different types or classification of corrosion inhibitors are either scavengers or interface inhibitors, where the former scavenges aggressive substances from the corrosive medium, and the latter inhibits corrosion through film formation at the metal–environment interface (Popoola 2019).
The best known scavenger type inhibitors used in metals conservation either prevent oxygen induced corrosion or trap volatile gaseous compounds by either trapping or reacting with those compounds. For conservation, examples of products commonly used in packaging for storage/exhibition are Ageless®(Grattan and Gilberg 1994) or RP/ESCAL system (Mathias et al. 2004) for O2 scavengers and activated charcoal or silver particles impregnated in fabrics, e.g., Pacific Silvercloth® for reacting with sulphureous compounds (see Fig. 15.5). There are also many types of oxygen-scavenging compounds that are directly incorporated into packaged materials, such as flexible films, plastics, etc.: one such product is Corrosion Intercept® used for packaging, where the polymer matrix is composed of highly reactive copper particles, making the matrix film reactive and neutralizing corrosive gases they come in contact with. There are also examples of such films, plastics that are bio-based containing, for example, gallic acid as an oxygen scavenger (Pant et al. 2017), but to date there is no application in conservation to the authors’ knowledge.
Interface inhibitors can be classified as either vapour phase or liquid phase, with many known applications in conservation of metals. The vapour-phase inhibitors or vapour corrosion inhibitors (VCI) provide temporary atmospheric corrosion protection especially in closed environments by loosely impregnating wrapping paper inside a closed container. Some popular type paper rolls used for wrapping different types metals from museum collections contain VCI, such as Zerust® and Cortec VpCI films.
However, the most prominent corrosion inhibitors used both by industry and for conservation of metals are the liquid-phase inhibitors, which can be further subdivided into cathodic, anodic, or mixed based on the reaction-type inhibition, which can be any of the cathodic, anodic, or both electrochemical reactions. Cano and Lafuente (2013) provide a good review for these types of corrosion inhibitors used in metals conservation according to the different types of metal alloys. They confirm through their review that the most commonly applied inhibitors to the surface of a copper and iron alloyed objects are BTA and tannins, respectively. They also state that as opposed to industrial applications, for the metal conservation field, interface inhibitors are used to produce surface modifications or films through adsorption onto the metal surface using most often immersion followed by drying and coating. They briefly touch upon research in conservation using green inhibitors, but state that their application for metals conservation is limited.
Like regular corrosion inhibitors, green inhibitors have the same classifications but are derived from organic natural and/or biological sources as opposed to synthetic and for inorganic do not contain heavy metals. For the latter, some rare earth compounds (e.g., CeCl3 and LaCl3) are considered as inorganic green corrosion inhibitors and for the former natural and/or biological sources for organic green corrosion inhibitors are plants, drugs, amino acids, surfactants, biopolymers, and ionic liquids (El Ibrahimi et al. 2020). Others classify organic green inhibitors according to their natural compounds or products they contain, such as amino acids, alkaloids, phenols and polyphenols, fatty acids (Marzorati et al. 2019), or as biological (chitosan, amino acids, bacteria, and fungi), vegetable (plant extracts, shells, tannins), and pharmaceutical drugs (Montemor 2016). Regardless of their classification, approximately 80% of organic corrosion green inhibitors are categorized as mixed inhibitors that protect the metal from corrosion by chemical and physical adsorption and film formation (Popoola 2019).
Lastly, it is important to remember that even green inhibitors may not always be inexpensive or even environmentally friendly due to the cost and time needed to extract and purify naturally occurring substances, like from some plants (see Fig. 15.6 (Verma et al. 2018)), drugs or ionic liquids (El Ibrahimi et al. 2020). Also later authors state that organic solvents may be needed for the extraction process, which can also damage the environment. Thus, abundance, renewal, and bio disposal are the key for applying such green inhibitors in real situations (Montemor 2016).
The rest of this chapter will only focus on organic green corrosion inhibitors derived from natural and/or biological sources, which are the most commonly researched by industry and conservation. It does not include discussions of organic ligands or synthetic surfactants as corrosion inhibitors, such as salicylaldoxime and their derivatives (Abu-Baker et al. 2013; Abu-baker 2019) and Hostacor IT (Argyropoulos et al. 1999), since although eco-friendly and biodegradable, they are not obtained from natural and/or biological sources.
2.2 How Do They Work?
Green inhibitors have properties that are similar to the ‘non-green’ inhibitors (Kesavan et al. 2012). The most commonly used in conservation as for industry are corrosion interface inhibitors, which act by: (i) forming a film that is adsorbed on the metal surface; (ii) producing corrosion products that acts as a passivator; and (iii) yielding precipitates that can eliminate or inactivate aggressive constituents (Goni and Mazumder 2019). Their action on the metal surface takes place via physical or chemical adsorption which removes water or corrosive species from the surface by providing a barrier film formation (Goni and Mazumder 2019). Organic green corrosion inhibitors are effective due to the availability of organic compounds with polar functional groups with N, O, and S heteroatoms, which have a shielding effect and by repelling aqueous corrosive species away from the metal surface (Popoola 2019).
The most common organic green inhibitors to contain these heteroatoms, which act to inhibit metals from corrosion are: derived from plant extracts adsorbing on the metal surface and forming a compact barrier film (Sharma and Sharma 2012); amino acids which contain molecules with functional groups like carboxyl (-COOH) group, amino (-NH2), and S thiol (Goni and Mazumder 2019); and drugs because they are synthesized from natural products that contain the presence of heteroatoms, benzene ring, and heterocycles, such as thiophenes, pyridine, isoxazoles (Goni and Mazumder 2019). Also, natural biopolymers such as chitosan are known to have good complexing qualities with their -NH2 groups with metallic ions that can lead to corrosion inhibition in some cases (Jmiai et al. 2017).
Another type of organic green corrosion inhibitor are surfactants which are made up of two parts, a polar hydrophilic group and a nonpolar hydrophobic group, where the former adsorbs onto the metal surface. The charge on the polar head group classifies whether the surfactants are classified as anionic, cationic, nonionic, or zwitterionic (Malik et al. 2011). As well, carboxylates on copper alloy artefacts, where the reaction between the copper ions and the carboxylates leads to the precipitation of metal carboxylates, such as Cu(C10)2 (metal soaps) on the surface of the corrosion products layer resulting inhibition; the soaps act as surfactant-type corrosion inhibitor due to the carboxylate part of the molecule providing a hydrophilic character, but have also hydrophobic properties, in relation with the aliphatic chain (L’Héronde et al. 2019). Linseed oil in paints is another type of surfactant corrosion inhibitor used as a traditional method to inhibit corrosion of the copper substrate for oil paintings (Pavlopoulou and Watkinson 2006).
In a completely different action are those of bio-based treatments that convert unstable corrosion products or corrosive species on metals to stable corrosion products and inhibit any further corrosion. One type of bio-based treatment which leads to inhibition of copper alloy coupons with corrosion products involves the use of fungal strain known for their ability to produce oxalic acid; when used it can convert the atacamite layer completely into copper oxalates, which results in enhancement of the surface inhibition against corrosion (Albini et al. 2018). For iron alloys, microorganisms in the form of bacteria have been used to transform ferric iron corrosion products (goethite and lepidocrocite) into stable ferrous iron-bearing minerals (vivianite and siderite) (Kooli et al. 2019).
3 Conservation Research into the Application of GOCIs
The oldest known use of a natural green corrosion inhibitor for metals probably occurred when iron and copper alloys replaced wood for moving parts in machinery and vegetable oils were used as lubricants to protect metal against wear and corrosion (Anderson 1991). Historically writings by Theophilus in the Middle Ages indicate that linseed oil was commonly used in recipes for coating iron metal as in varnishes (Sabin 1904). Linseed oil is known to form a protective film on iron, copper, and other metals by oxidative drying and was often used as a primer for painted historical metals, often containing metal salts such as lead, etc. to help accelerate the drying process (Pavlopoulou and Watkinson 2006; Juita et al. 2012). Today, linseed oil continues for industry to be one of the most popular seed extracts for corrosion inhibition used in surface treatments, coatings, and encapsulated to prepare self-healing coatings (Montemor 2016; Leal et al. 2018). In the history of conservation of cultural heritage metals, the most popular green corrosion inhibitor used is tannic acid, and the first mention of its application was as a thin tannin wash for the cast iron roof of Big Ben in London in the 1950s (Turner 1985).
Today, research into new materials for the protection of metals cultural heritage must not only consider the sustainability in using such materials, but also other important principles for conservation practice: the reversibility of the treatment and the visual aspect of the modification of the treated metal surface. The discussion below provides a summary of research publications in conservation for organic green corrosion inhibitors from natural and/or biological sources, which are described in this section according to the type of source of their derivation, most common plant extracts and oils and biological (i.e., amino acids, microorganisms, and biopolymers).
3.1 Plant Extracts
The best known and commonly used corrosion inhibitor from a plant extract used in conservation for rusted iron is tannic acid (Pelikan 1966; Logan 2014). Tannin is present in many types of plant material and is obtained commercially from galls of oak, sumac, and willow and occurs in green algae, mosses, brown seaweed, ferns, pore fungi, and in about one-third of the families of flowering plants (Hem 1960). Tannic acid is known to react with metallic iron or rust precipitating ferric tannates to form a protective layer with corrosion inhibiting properties (see Fig. 15.7 (Xu et al. 2019)) and is often used in formulations of primers for paints (Iglesias et al. 2001). Many commercial rust convertors contain tannic acid and are applied in the successful protection of historic iron (Church et al. 2013). Tannic acid mixture containing orthophosphoric acid is commonly used to coat archaeological iron at the end of a conservation treatment (Argyropoulos et al. 1997). The limitations of tannic acid are that for rusted iron it converts the surface colour from reddish to black, and in some cases the protection for iron was found not to be good (Cano and Lafuente 2013).
Other studies have successfully used plant extracts as corrosion inhibitors in conservation, but to date were only tested on metal coupons with and without corrosion products:
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An electrochemical study used a tannins extract of Aloe vera (TAV) (Benzidia et al. 2018) as a corrosion inhibitor for Bronze B66 in 3% w/v NaCl solution and 150 ppm of the inhibitor after 24 hours of immersion proved inhibition of the metal (Benzidia et al. 2019). This research was confirmed by another conservation laboratory, where the use of Aloe vera extracts in 3.5% w/v NaCl solution was tested using electrochemical methods on Cu-Sn alloy coupons, and also documented colour changes to the metal surface using different concentrations of the inhibitor (Abdelwahab et al. 2018).
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Bronze metal immersed in different concentration of extract of Salvia hispanica seeds in a simulated acid rain solution was found to protect it from uniform type of corrosion, but not completely from a localized type of corrosion (Larios-Galvez et al. 2017).
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Cast iron coupons, the use of caffeine or nicotine applied in Paraloid B72 was used to increase the coating’s resistance at high humidity, but the study did not mention the metal surface colour appearance (Barrera et al. 2019).
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Cor-Ten steel coupons (often used for modern and contemporary artworks), the use of natural extract of Brassica campestris was applied to the surface and tested in 3% w/v NaCl solution (Casaletto et al. 2018). The electrochemical study found that Brassica campestris, a widespread plant in Southern Europe, was effective at inhibiting corrosion of Cor-Ten steel coupons in conditions similar to coastal areas and harsh-weather environments.
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For chloride contaminated rust samples (akaganeite), its transformation to stable form of oxides with the fruit extract of Emblica officinalis (Sanskrit name: Amla), naturally derived from a tree abundantly found in tropical climates of the world (Pandya et al. 2016). The study tested the corrosion inhibitor solution on carbon steel samples exposed in a salt spray chamber to produce akaganeite and found the fruit extract containing gallic acid dissolved the unstable rust by transforming it into magnetite and by forming a protective black layer of iron gallate on the surface of these transformed oxide particles.
3.2 Plant Oils
The best known corrosion inhibitor from vegetable oils (colza, sunflower, and palm) tested for conservation for metals is salts of carboxylic acids on iron, copper, and lead alloys (Rocca and Mirambet 2007; Hollner et al. 2010) and can also be classified as surfactant-type corrosion inhibitor. As early as 2004, dicarboxylates were found to be good inhibitors for conservation to replace toxic chromates during rinsing of iron objects after acid stripping (Thurrowgood et al. 2004). For lead, NaC10 was found to inhibit corrosion in acetic acid-enriched solutions by the formation of a protective layer composed of the metallic soap, Pb(C10)2 (Rocca and Mirambet 2007). However, recent unpublished research has found that Pb(C10)2 is not as effective as Pb oxides for conservation purposes (Guilminot Personal communication, 2019). For copper alloys, while the carboxylic acid solutions applied with ethanol were found to inhibit the corrosion of copper, the resulting blue colour of the copper carboxylate formed was not suitable result for cultural heritage metals (Elia et al. 2010). For iron alloys, during the PROMET project, 0.1 M NaC10 and HC10 (carboxylatation solution) were tested and compared for inhibiting corrosion on PROMET iron coupons, the latter was found to have the best performance (Hollner et al. 2010). However, the study found that the immersion of the iron coupons in carboxylatation solutions caused a very soft red-orange colouration of the surface, characteristic of the precipitation of a thick iron carboxylate protective layer that may not be suitable for conservation purposes. When the same inhibitor was applied using a brush on a real object, a torpedo belonging to the National Maritime Museum of Paris, stored in a boathouse in an uncontrolled environment, the surface appearance could be controlled using a brush application and any colour changes to the surface could easily be removed with ethanol. Thus, the treatment was found to be effective and reversible. Recent research into NaC10 treatment by the same research group found that corrosion inhibition mechanism was based on a chemical conversion of the reactive iron oxyhydroxide, as lepidocrocite, into iron carboxylates (or iron soaps), which inhibits the electrochemical activity of FeOOH-type phases and blocks the dissolution of FeOOH (see Fig. 15.8) (Rocca et al. 2019).
Another research group that has been very active in developing green corrosion inhibitors for conservation is from the Department of Chemistry at the University Ibn Tofail, in Kenitra, Morocco. They have participated in many national and EC projects and studied plant oils from seeds, as well as plant extracts that are commonly grown in the Mediterranean region as green corrosion inhibitors for metals cultural heritage. Their research has led to patent a green corrosion inhibitor known as Opuntia ficus indica (OTH) from a cactus that originates from Mexico and is very widespread in Morocco (Hammouch et al. 2013). The formulation preparation called OTH contains Opuntia fatty acid, triethanolamine, and KOH and is easy to apply on metal surfaces and totally reversible in ethanol (Hammouch et al. 2007a). For the PROMET project, it was tested both on the iron and copper alloy coupons produced for the project. For the iron alloy coupons, application of pure OTH applied as brush as opposed to 1 hour immersion in 0.2%w/v OTH in ethanol (48 hours drying) was more effective at protecting them during mild corrosive conditions (Hammouch et al. 2007b). However, during the PROMET project, when OTH was compared to HC10 (carboxylatation solution) (discussed above) on iron coupons in Rabat museum, the latter was found to be more effective during natural ageing (Degrigny 2008).
The same research group in Morocco has continued to study other types of plant oils for iron alloys tested in acidic solution to simulate the atmospheric acid rain of an industrial urban area, such as Nigella sativa (Chellouli et al. 2014; Chellouli et al. 2016), Jatropha curcas seeds oil (Zouarhi et al. 2018), and Ceratonia siliqua seeds oil (Abbout et al. 2018). Their research used electrochemical and weight-loss measurements on iron alloy coupons to determine if various compositions of the plants’ oils in acidic solutions are effective. Again the research shows promising results on the coupons, but would require more research on real artefacts with natural ageing tests.
3.3 Biological
Other types of green inhibitors derived from biological and/or natural sources where there has been research in conservation metals are as follows: amino acids and their derivatives, microorganisms, biopolymers, and even bee products. The discussion on amino acids is given in Sect. 15.4 where many researchers have considered the use of cysteine as a replacement corrosion inhibitor to BTA for copper alloys. However, notable mention is given here to the study of the natural amino acid derivative, L-methionine methyl ester, found to be an effective replacement corrosion inhibitor to toxic thiourea in citric acid pickling solutions for mild steel artefacts (Otieno-Alego et al. 2004).
Recently, microorganisms are being investigated for use in the stabilization of metals in cultural heritage, by converting ‘active’ corrosion products or corrosive species to stable corrosion products, ‘biopatina’ (Joseph et al. 2012). For copper alloys, a specific strain of Beauveria bassiana isolated from vineyard soils has shown the best performance when applied to copper alloy coupons with corrosion products to convert copper hydroxysulfates and hydroxychlorides into copper oxalates (Albini et al. 2018). Albini et al. (2018) also compared their bio-based treatment to BTA treatment in terms of conversion of corrosion stabilization of a patina composed of copper chlorides, and the bio-based treatment was found to be more effective than BTA.
For iron alloys, two Aeromonas strains (CA23 and CU5) were used by Kooli et al. (2019) to transform iron corrosion products (goethite and lepidocrocite) into stable ferrous iron-bearing minerals (vivianite and siderite). These authors tried to establish a prototype treatment for archaeological iron with partial success using a commercial gel to apply bacteria to nails as test pieces in an attempt to convert the reactive corrosion layer into chemically stable iron minerals; however, their prototype treatment was not tested for chloride-containing iron corrosion products, and the production of undesirable products and abiotic reduction was also observed.
Recent research is now focusing on biopolymers such as chitosan to act as a barrier layer (coating) and reservoir for corrosion inhibitors for protecting Cu alloyed artefacts, where the polymers can easily be removed by water avoiding the use of toxic solvents (Giuliani et al. 2018). Chitosan is derived from the polysaccharide chitin, and sources of chitin are structural components of the shells of crustaceans, such as shrimps, lobsters, and crabs. Montemor (2016) in his review states that chitosan is used to form thin coatings to protect metals given that under certain conditions it acts as a corrosion inhibitor, but also, the chitosan layer can be used as reservoir for other corrosion inhibitors, for enhancing protection of metals. For conservation research, the chitosan coating was loaded with two corrosion inhibitors that were separately tested and compared, the classic BTA and less toxic mercaptobenzothiazole (MBT) (Giuliani et al. 2018). The study highlights the synergic effect between chitosan and corrosion inhibitor on the protection of copper alloys, since it showed the chitosan coating consisting of a first layer of pure inhibitor and a second layer of pure chitosan has a significantly lower stability and transparency than the mixed chitosan/inhibitor coating (see Fig. 15.9). The study confirms that the polymer matrix probably acts as an inhibitor reservoir and also contributes to the formation of a barrier layer, thus improving the protective properties.
Finally, bee products (propolis) have been tested on clean bronze using electrochemical techniques and were found to be an effective green corrosion inhibitor in aerated weakly acidic solution (pH 5) that simulates acid rain in an urban environment (Varvara et al. 2017).
4 Amino Acids: Cysteine as a Corrosion Inhibitor for Copper Alloy Artefacts
For conservation purposes, the most studied amino acid type corrosion inhibitor has been cysteine for copper alloy artefacts presented in this section below. There has also been a wealth of research into the application of cysteine as a corrosion inhibitor for metals for industrial applications in different media (Raja et al. 2014), to metallurgy, pure chemistry, medicine, industrial chemistry, soil science, and environmental science (Vieira et al. 2011). Given its myriad of applications for various industries/fields, such as food, cosmetics, pharmaceuticals, there are various approaches to naturally isolate cysteine at an industrial scale from the keratin of animal sources as well as plants, and it is only sold in its L form (Hashim et al. 2014). L-cysteine as an amino acid from proteins with three functional groups (thiol, amine, carboxylic) can interact with metals to form complexes (see Fig. 15.10). Between media pH range of 1.91 and 8.16, its thiol group is strongly attracted to soft metal ions, and cysteine solutions can completely oxidize to cystine within a short period of time especially with metal ions in solutions (Berthon 1995).
For Cu and its alloys at neutral pH, it has been suggested when cysteine is used as a corrosion inhibitor it is adsorbed onto the metal surface, by forming a complex and behaving as a cathodic corrosion inhibitor to Cu corrosion by retarding the transfer of O2 to the cathodic sites of the Cu surface (Ismail 2007). One recent study concluded that for synthesized CuCl (nantokite) on Cu wire treated by immersion in simulated acid rain solution containing 5 mmol/L cysteine for 2 hours, an inhibition film was formed in Cu(I) state (Wang et al. 2015). They determined using X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy that the cysteine molecules were chemically adsorbed on CuCl surface and formed coordination bonds with Cu+-atoms through thiol S-atoms and amino N-atoms.
In metals conservation, L-cysteine has been widely tested as a replacement corrosion inhibitor to BTA and applied in the following ways:
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Corroded bronze coupons (with nantokite formation) and real bronze artefacts by immersion in water at 0.15 M for 24 hours (Gravgaarda and van Lanschot 2012);
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Corroded copper and tin bronze by immersion in ethanol at 0.01 M for 24 hours (Abu-Baker et al. 2013);
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Naturally aged copper coupons with organic materials and real marine brass composite artefact with textile by immersion 1% w/v in 20% w/v PEG400 treatments for one month and 10 days, respectively (Zacharopoulou et al. 2016; Argyropoulos et al. 2018);
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On a marine tinned copper medieval frying pan as a final surface coating as 1% (w/v) in deionized water applied using a brush for two hours over a period of three days (Argyropoulos et al. 2017).
All studies found colour changes to the corrosion layers (greying effect) with the cysteine application, which increases in darkening depending on the solutions and modes of application and/or immersion times from grey to a black colour see Fig. 15.11a and b.
Abu-Baker et al. (2013) found with their electrochemical measurements that with increasing amounts of tin in the bronze alloy, the strength of the inhibitor’s chemical adsorption on the surface of the alloy increases or its corrosion inhibition efficiency. Further work by Argyropoulos et al. (2018) found that immersion in cysteine for copper alloys results in producing cystine from the oxidation of cysteine, where the presence of Fe or Cu ions serves as a catalyst in this reaction. This oxidation reaction results in reducing metal ions, which form a metal ion cystine complex on the surface of the material, and producing either a soluble or insoluble cysteine/cysteinate complex with metal ions and cystine precipitate, respectively, in the solutions (Argyropoulos et al. 2018). The greying effect is most likely a result of the metal ion cystine complex on the surface.
Apart from copper coupons and artefacts tested, some interesting results were found in authors’ study on the treatment of organics, such as leather in 20% (v/v) PEG400 solutions in deionized water with and without 1% L-cysteine for one month with copper coupons (see Fig. 15.12) (Argyropoulos et al. 2018). In the PEG-treated leather specimen without cysteine (as seen in the difference Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR) spectrum, Fig. 15.13), it seems that tannin is being removed to some degree (pointed by the negative peaks at 1190–1160 cm−1) which may cause destabilization of leather; this is accompanied by some change in the structure of protein material, as seen by the observed differences of the amide I peak at 1650 cm−1. In the PEG+cysteine treated leather specimen (see Fig. 15.14), the basic leather infrared peaks remain similar to those in PEG-treated sample; however, quantities of residual cystine are clearly observed, evidence for oxidation of cysteine towards cystine under the conditions of the experiment. It appears that the tannin removal which took place in the PEG400 solutions alone leading to colour change was inhibited when cysteine was added to the PEG400 solution. Cysteine is listed as a substance that is used by leather and textile treatment products by the European Chemical Agency (ECHA 2019b). However, more research is also needed to understand the effect of cysteine+PEG400 solutions on wet organic materials with or without metals.
The application of cysteine to copper and its alloys for conservation purposes found interesting results but with limitations, such as colour changes to the surface appearance. However, brush application did reduce colour changes and has been found to be effective on real marine artefacts tested in Greece as a coating after conservation stabilization treatment (see Figs. 15.15a, b).
5 Where Do We Go from Here?
Going green is the trend today for conservation professionals in their workplaces, where the use, production, and disposal of the materials they use to treat cultural heritage objects/monuments must also be considered in addition to their interaction with the cultural heritage (Silence 2010; De Silva and Henderson 2011). A survey carried out in the USA found that over 60% of conservators believe that their work practices are potentially damaging to the environment with the highest frequency of concern being solvent, chemical, and/or hazardous materials use and disposal (Silence 2010). As well, World Heritage sites must establish sustainable management plans that integrate concerns of both sustainable development and Climate Change into their approach so as to preserve and enhance these sites as a requirement to retain their labels (UNESCO-WHC 2006; UNESCO 2015). Despite the concerns or requirements in using safe or green practices in preservation of museum collections and historical sites, the review of the literature for this chapter has found that only certain countries and mostly in the Mediterranean region are focusing their conservation research efforts in testing new green materials for cultural heritage metals. Researchers’ sensitivity into investigating green materials for cultural heritage may be due to their living experiences with respect to the effects of climate change in their region (Macchia et al. 2016); a recent report has established that the Mediterranean basin is one of the most prominent hotspots of climate and environmental change with devastating effects on human health and security as well as to its natural ecosystems by 2050 (MedECC 2018).
The chapter has described the state-of-the-art research carried out to date on organic green corrosion inhibitors derived from natural and/or biological sources for conservation. Most of the research is based on plant extracts and oils including amino acids (cysteine). Often the research only investigates the new green inhibitor on metal coupons with and without corrosion products using electrochemical techniques, without further study on real artefacts and on the specific adsorption models and involved mechanisms; a limitation also identified for research into industrial applications (Marzorati et al. 2019). According to Marzorati et al. (2019) research for green corrosion inhibitors should aim to characterize the active compound in the green extract so as to be able to reproduce the results, which otherwise can be dependent on the harvesting location, weather conditions, season, harvesting technique, and many other parameters. Finally, for conservation research, all the green inhibitors tested seem to alter the surface colour of metal coupons when applied using immersion methods, which can be reduced using brush application, but are reversible either with water or ethanol.
Some interesting and promising research results were also identified in this review concerning the application of inhibitors from biological sources, such as bacteria and biopolymers. The stabilization of copper alloy artefacts using the biopatina is promising. Also, interestingly, chitosan where the coating formulation includes a corrosion inhibitor was found to be more effective than when the coating processes were applied separately on the metal surface (i.e., corrosion inhibitor followed by coating). This research was in contradiction to research carried out when corrosion inhibitor additives were tested in synthetic coatings, such as Paraloid B72 or Poligen, and none was found to show any clear improvement of the protection properties of the coatings, including one of them impaired the barrier effect of the coating (Argyropoulos et al. 2007a; Cano et al. 2010).
Today, conservators’ main concern should be to support sustainable practices in their field in addition to using the most effective protection system on the metals cultural heritage. The conservation principles for appropriate protection systems should include sustainability or green practice in addition to reversibility and minimal surface alterations to the appearance. The authors believe that future research should continue investigation into microorganisms as well as bio-based coatings with green corrosion inhibitors and their ability to work together synergistically to act as long-term protection systems for cultural heritage metals; the evaluation should also include how ‘green’ is the inhibitor with respect to their production and use (i.e., Life Cycle Assessment). Such research requires studies on real artefacts/monuments using in situ corrosion measurements, such as electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (Barat et al. 2019) or oxygen consumption (Matthiesen 2013). Given the challenges involved in terms of vigorous testing and scientific examination required both on metal coupons and real artefacts and including identifying the specific adsorption models and involved mechanisms, the way forward should be through funded collaborative projects.
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The research for testing new green inhibitors was co-financed by the European Union (European Social Fund, ESF) and Greek national funds through the Operational Program ‘Education and Lifelong Learning’ of the National Strategic Reference Framework (NSRF)—Research Funding Program: ARCHIMEDES III. Investing in knowledge society through the European Social Fund. Vasilike Argyropoulos would also like to acknowledge the support in writing this publication during her visiting professorship at the University of Toronto, Faculty of Information.
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