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Title: The study of inhibitors for sour gas service

Journal Article · · Corrosion (Houston); (United States)
OSTI ID:5884356

The function of corrosion inhibitors was investigated in controlling corrosion and related hydrogen entry into steel products in sour environments. Newly developed inhibitors, as well as commercially available ones, were examined through immersion tests of steels in NACE solution (NaCl 5% + CH/sub 3/COOH 0.5%, saturated with H/sub 2/S) containing an inhibitor. Highly effective inhibitors were found among organic nitrogen compounds with molecular weight more than 200. The substituted imidazolines with nine carbon atoms in the hydrophobic chain and with two aminoethylenes in the hydrophilic chain are the most efficient inhibitors. These imidazolines keep their inhibitive properties even with one tenth of the critical concentration being utilized in oil and gas fields over the temperature 25 to 60 C.

Research Organization:
Fundamental Research Laboratories, Nippon Steel Corporation, 1618, Ida, Nakahara-ku, Kawasaki, 211
OSTI ID:
5884356
Journal Information:
Corrosion (Houston); (United States), Vol. 38:7
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English