Correlation between the corrosivity of naphthenic acids and their chemical structures

Anti-Corrosion Methods and Materials

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 211-218

  qu, Ding Rong ^a   Zheng, Yu Gui ^a   Jiang, Xiu ^a   ke, Wei ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF METAL RESEARCH   (China)

Author keywords

Acids; Corrosion; Mass spectrometry; Oils

Indexed keywords

CORROSION; CRUDE PETROLEUM; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MOLECULAR WEIGHT;

ACIDIC CRUDE OILS; FEWER RING STRUCTURES; NAPHTHENIC ACIDS;

CARBOXYLIC ACIDS;

CARBOXYLIC ACIDS; CORROSION; CRUDE PETROLEUM; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MOLECULAR WEIGHT;

EID: 34250876507     PISSN: 00035599     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00035590710762348     Document Type: Article

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