Corrosion behaviour of carbon steel in different concentrations of HCl solutions containing H2S at 90°C

Corrosion Science

Volumn 53, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1715-1723

  Tang, Junwen ^a   Shao, Yawei ^a,b   Zhang, Tao ^a,b   Meng, Guozhe ^a,b   Wang, Fuhui ^a,b  

^a HARBIN ENGINEERING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF METAL RESEARCH   (China)

Author keywords

A. Steel; B. EIS; B. SEM; B. Weight loss; B. XRD; C. Acid corrosion

Indexed keywords

A. STEEL; B. EIS; B. SEM; B. WEIGHT LOSS; C. ACID CORROSION; XRD;

CARBON STEEL; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); CORROSION RATE; CORROSIVE EFFECTS; ELECTROCHEMICAL CORROSION;

HYDROCHLORIC ACID;

EID: 79952897636     PISSN: 0010938X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.corsci.2011.01.041     Document Type: Article

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