Initiation of metal dusting corrosion in conversion of natural gas to syngas studied under industrially relevant conditions

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 53, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 1794-1803

  Gunawardana, P V Daham S ^a   Nguyen, Thoa Thi Minh ^b   Walmsley, John C ^c   Venvik, Hilde J ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^b HALDOR TOPSØE A S   (Denmark)

^c SINTEF MATERIALS AND CHEMISTRY   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBONACEOUS PRODUCTS; DEPTH-PROFILE ANALYSIS; FILAMENTOUS CARBON; LIGHT OPTICAL MICROSCOPIES; METAL DUSTING CORROSION; NEAR-SURFACE LAYERS; SURFACE OXIDE LAYER; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENT;

ALLOYS; AUGER ELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY; CARBON; CARBON DIOXIDE; CORROSION; METALLIC COMPOUNDS; METALLIC MATRIX COMPOSITES; MIXTURES; NICKEL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SINTERING; SYNTHESIS GAS;

IRON ALLOYS;

EID: 84893652477     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: 15205045     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie4024947     Document Type: Article

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