Corrosion of N80 carbon steel in oil field formation water containing CO2 in the absence and presence of acetic acid

Corrosion Science

Volumn 53, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 3156-3165

  Zhu, S D ^a,b   Fu, A Q ^b   Miao, J ^a,b   Yin, Z F ^c   Zhou, G S ^a   Wei, J F ^a  

^a XI'AN JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CNPC TUBULAR GOODS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (China)

^c YanChang Petroleum (Group) Co Ltd   (China)

Author keywords

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

Indexed keywords

A. STEEL; ACETIC ACID CONCENTRATION; B. EIS; C. ACID CORROSION; CORROSION BEHAVIOUR; CORROSION CONTROL; CORROSION PRODUCTS; EFFECTS OF TEMPERATURE; FORMATION WATER; LOCALIZED CORROSION; POLARIZATION CURVES; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPE; STEEL SUBSTRATE; TRANSITION REGIONS; WEIGHT LOSS; WEIGHT LOSS TESTS;

ACETIC ACID; CARBON STEEL; CORROSION PREVENTION; CORROSIVE EFFECTS; DISSOLUTION; ELECTROCHEMICAL CORROSION; ELECTROCHEMICAL IMPEDANCE SPECTROSCOPY; OIL FIELDS; PH; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TEMPERATURE; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

CARBON DIOXIDE;

EID: 79960704763     PISSN: 0010938X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.corsci.2011.05.059     Document Type: Article

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