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. 2023 Jul 24;16(14):5192. doi: 10.3390/ma16145192

Table 4.

Binding energies (eV) and their assignments for XPS spectra observed for the X60-steel surface in the pickling solution without and with 2 × 10−4 M FSG6-6.

X60-Steel in the Pickling Solution X60-Steel in the Pickling Solution with 2.0 × 10−4 M FSG6-6
Core Element BE, eV Assignments Core Element BE/eV Assignments
C 1s 285.11 −C−C− C 1s 285.06 −C−H, −C−C−
286.86 −C−Cl 286.80 −C−N, −C−Cl
288.55 −C−N+
Cl 2p 198.89 Cl 2p3/2 Cl 2p 198.87 Cl 2p3/2
200.48 Cl 2p1/2 201.98 Cl 2p1/2
Fe 2p 711.08 Fe 2p3/2 of Fe2+ Fe 2p 711.00 Fe 2p3/2 of Fe2+
714.36 Fe 2p3/2 of Fe3+ 713.20 Fe 2p3/2 of Fe3+
718.79 Satellite Fe 2p3/2 of Fe2+ 716.84 Satellite Fe 2p3/2 of Fe2+
724.37 Fe 2p1/2 of Fe2+ 720.00 Satellite Fe 2p3/2 of Fe3+
727.78 Fe 2p1/2 of Fe3+ 724.64 Fe 2p1/2 of Fe2+
727.72 Fe 2p1/2 of Fe3+
732.90 Satellite Fe 2p1/2 of Fe3+
O 1s 530.21 FeO, Fe2O3 O 1s 530.04 FeO, Fe2O3
531.10 FeOOH 531.18 FeOOH
N 1s 400.13 -NR2
F 1s 689.24 −C−F
I 3d 619.63 I3
S 2p 167.28 −SO2