A parametric study of sour corrosion of carbon steel

NACE - International Corrosion Conference Series

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages

  Sun, Wei ^a   Pugh, Dylan V ^a   Smith, Stephen N ^a,b   Ling, Shiun ^c   Pacheco, Jorge L ^a   Franco, Robert J ^a  

^a EXXONMOBIL UPSTREAM RESEARCH COMPANY   (United States)

^b Corrosion and Materials Consultant ^*  (United States)

^c ExxonMobil Corporate Strategic Research   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon Steel; Corrosion scale; H2S corrosion; Iron sulfides; Sour corrosion

Indexed keywords

CORROSION SCALE; GAS COMPOSITIONS; GAS ENVIRONMENT; H2S CORROSION; IRON SULFIDES; PARAMETRIC STUDY; REACTION TIME; SOUR CORROSION; WATER COMPOSITION;

CARBON STEEL; IRON; ORGANIC ACIDS; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; SOUR GAS;

CORROSION RATE;

EID: 79952965157     PISSN: 03614409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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