Corrosion Behavior of X-70 Pipe Steel in Crude Oil Environments Depending upon Surface Characteristics

Arabian Journal for Science and Engineering

Volumn 39, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 5393-5404

  Ahmad, A ^a   Hussain, F ^a,b   Deen, K M ^b   Ahmad, R ^b   Ali, L ^a   Kamran, M ^b   Azam, M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY   (Pakistan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE PUNJAB   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Crude oil extract; Electrochemical impedance spectroscopy; Oil in water emulsion; Potentiodynamic Tafel scan

Indexed keywords

EID: 84904210668     PISSN: 2193567X     EISSN: 21914281     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13369-014-1102-y     Document Type: Article

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