Synthesis of mint leaf extract and mint-leaf-based NiO nanoparticles, coating of extract layers without and with NiO nanoparticles on copper through drop-casting, and their analysis for the corrosion prevention in saline water

Abstract

Synthesis of chloroform extract of mint leaves, coating of the extract on copper via drop casting, addition of NiO nanoparticles to the extract, and investigation of the corrosion behaviors of the coated copper specimens in 0.5 M NaCl.