Through accelerated chemical and electrochemical corrosion tests, we studied the anticorrosive effects of the coordination compound films formed by a series of organic inhibitiors on nick plate surface. Results have shown that the films formed by myristic acid got the best corrosion-resistant result. XPS and AES determinations were carried to investigate the bonding features and spectral changes of the coordination compound films. The mechanism for films formation and the relationships between these films structure and the observed inhibition behavior are discussed. The films are found to actually be the mixture of nickel oxide and the myristic acid coordination compounds, and Ni existed as Ni(II) and Ni(III), O as -2 valence states.