Repassivation behavior of X65 pipeline steel in fuel grade ethanol and its implications for the stress corrosion cracking mechanism

Corrosion Science

Volumn 65, Issue , 2012, Pages 238-248

  Goodman, Lindsey R ^a   Singh, Preet M ^a  

^a Georgia Institute of Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

A. Carbon steel; B. Potentiostatic; B. Scratching electrode; C. Anodic dissolution; C. Repassivation; C. Stress corrosion

Indexed keywords

ANODIC DISSOLUTION; CURRENT DECAY; FILM FORMATIONS; FILM RUPTURE; FUEL GRADE ETHANOL; GROWTH MODELS; PIPELINE STEEL; POTENTIOSTATICS; RE-PASSIVATION; REPASSIVATION KINETICS; SCRATCH TESTING; STRESS CORROSION; X-65 STEEL; X65 PIPE-LINE STEEL;

CARBON STEEL; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; DECAY (ORGANIC); DISSOLUTION; ETHANOL; FILM GROWTH; KINETICS; PASSIVATION; STEEL TESTING;

STRESS CORROSION CRACKING;

EID: 84867229701     PISSN: 0010938X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.corsci.2012.08.030     Document Type: Article

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