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Title: Inhibition in hydrocarbon and hydrocarbon-aqueous media

Conference ·
OSTI ID:6666356
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  1. Institute of Physical Chemistry, Academy of Sciences of the USSR, Leninsky Prospect 31, 117915 GSP Moscow (SU)

Different proposed approaches to evaluating the mechanisms of corrosion inhibition of organic inhibitors of diphilic structure that contain both the polar and non-polar fragments are considered, special attention being paid to inhibition in media containing an aqueous electrolyte and a hydrocarbon phase. Critical analysis of the results of studies including those of the authors indicate that the broadly accepted conception of chemosorption and donor-acceptor bond on metal surfaces as the main factors responsible for the protective ability of an organic inhibitor cannot be applied to the inhibitors in these media. Comparison of the inhibition effects in a series of organic compounds with various polar and non-polar groups enables one to deduce some conclusions on the relative contributions of these groups to the protection of metals. Effects of medium pH, composition and the concentration of the hydrocarbon phase, its ability to interact with the inhibitors present, presence of aggressive ions in the electrolyte, etc. are also considered.

OSTI ID:
6666356
Report Number(s):
CONF-890437-
Resource Relation:
Conference: Corrosion '89, New Orleans, LA (USA), 17-21 Apr 1989; Other Information: Technical Paper 89137
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English