Wettability - A major factor in oil and gas system corrosion

Materials Performance

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 54-59

  Smart III, John S ^a,b  

^a John Smart Consulting Engineers   (United States)

^b NACE ^*  (United States)

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EID: 0035307641     PISSN: 00941492     EISSN: None     Source Type: Trade Journal    
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