relation: https://khub.utp.edu.my/scholars/20475/ title: Effects of DBDS and DBPC antioxidants on the corrosion of copper strips immersed in transformer oil creator: Chairul, Imran Sutan creator: Ghani, Sharin Ab creator: Khiar, Mohd Shahril Ahmad creator: Bakar, Norazhar Abu creator: Johal, Muhammad Syahrani creator: Din, Mohamad Nazri Mohamad description: This paper presents the experimental findings on the effects of antioxidants on the corrosion of copper strips immersed in mineral oil (MO)–antioxidant samples. First, the uninhibited MO was mixed thoroughly with dibenzyl disulphide (DBDS) or 2,6-di-tert-butyl-p-cresol (DBPC) at different concentrations (5, 15, 25, 50, and 200 mg/kg) using a hot plate magnetic stirrer set at a temperature of 73 °C and stirring speed of 750 rpm for 15 min. Following this, the MO–antioxidant samples were poured into separate test vessels and copper strips were added into the vessels. Next, each MO– antioxidant sample was blanketed with nitrogen gas, sealed, and placed in a forced convection laboratory oven. The MO–antioxidant samples were then thermally aged at 150 °C for 48 h. The results showed that the acidity of the MO–antioxidant sample decreased with an increase in the antioxidant concentration, regardless whether the antioxidant was DBDS or DBPC. However, the corrosion of the copper strip worsened with an increase in the antioxidant concentration, where DBDS had a higher relative degree of corrositivity to copper compared with DBPC. In addition, the results showed that a DBPC concentration of 25 mg/kg reduced the the acidity of the MO– antioxidant sample and resulted in a moderate tarnish of the copper strip. © 2024, Institute of Advanced Engineering and Science. All rights reserved. publisher: Institute of Advanced Engineering and Science date: 2024 type: Article type: PeerReviewed identifier: Chairul, Imran Sutan and Ghani, Sharin Ab and Khiar, Mohd Shahril Ahmad and Bakar, Norazhar Abu and Johal, Muhammad Syahrani and Din, Mohamad Nazri Mohamad (2024) Effects of DBDS and DBPC antioxidants on the corrosion of copper strips immersed in transformer oil. Bulletin of Electrical Engineering and Informatics, 13 (5). 3043 – 3050. ISSN 20893191 relation: https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85200664303&doi=10.11591%2feei.v13i5.8196&partnerID=40&md5=4bdbf0442fe6f436356180a6db3cfb07 relation: 10.11591/eei.v13i5.8196 identifier: 10.11591/eei.v13i5.8196