The invention discloses a
carbon dot corrosion inhibitor with excellent
corrosion inhibition and tracing performance, a preparation method and application, and relates to the technical field of
corrosion inhibition of
metal materials. The technical problems that in the prior art, a
carbon dot corrosion inhibitor is prone to aggregation and
instability in a high-temperature and strong-acid environment, and application is single are solved. The method comprises the following steps: firstly, taking
citric acid and
propargyl-PEG2-amine as raw materials, and dissolving the raw materials in deionized water to obtain a
mixed solution; the
mixed solution is placed in a high-pressure reaction kettle to be subjected to a
hydrothermal reaction, and
citric acid carbon dots modified by
propargyl-PEG2-amine are prepared; sequentially carrying out
centrifugation,
dialysis and
freeze drying treatment on the
citric acid carbon dots modified by the
propargyl-PEG2-amine, so as to obtain the citric acid carbon dots modified by the propargyl-PEG2-amine. The prepared
carbon dot corrosion inhibitor can be used as a corrosion inhibition material in a high-temperature-resistant strong-acid environment, and can also be used for in-situ monitoring of dichromate ions in industrial
wastewater and in-situ monitoring of iron ions and
ferrous ions in underground water,
surface water and drinking water so as to judge whether the content of the iron ions and the
ferrous ions exceeds the standard or not.