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    Galvanic Corrosion of Carbon Steel in Carbon Dioxide Caused by Magnetite Paper Number 3092

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    Authors
    Chan, E.
    John, Doug
    Bailey, Stuart
    Kinsella, Brian
    Date
    2008
    Type
    Conference Paper
    
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    Chan, Emilyn and John, Doug and Bailey, Stuart and Kinsella, Brian. 2008. Galvanic Corrosion of Carbon Steel in Carbon Dioxide Caused by Magnetite. Paper Number 3092, in Bruce Miglin (ed), ICC 2008, Oct 6 2008. Las Vegas: NACE International.
    Source Title
    Proceedings of International Corrosion Congress 2008
    Source Conference
    ICC 2008
    Faculty
    Department of Applied Chemistry
    School of Science and Computing
    Faculty of Science and Engineering
    URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/10192
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    • Curtin Research Publications
    Abstract

    Complex environments in oil and gas production systems often result in the deposition of various corrosion product scales on the carbon steel surface. It is not widely recognized that many iron corrosion products, particularly magnetite, are nonmetallic semiconductors that furnish galvanic coupling to their base metal, resulting in galvanic corrosion. Laser Raman spectroscopy is a very powerful analysis technique that has been applied to identify iron oxides/hydroxides such as magnetite (Fe3O4), hematite (Fe2O3), goethite (a-FeOOH) and lepidocrocite (?-FeOOH) based on the unique Raman spectral band.A galvanic couple of magnetite with mild steel was investigated under a carbon dioxide atmosphere, and this indeed demonstrated galvanic corrosion of the steel. The effects of carbon dioxide partial pressure, solution pH and cathode to anode surface area ratio of the magnetite/mild steel couple were studied and all of these factors were found to have a significant effect on the galvanic corrosion rate.The presence of magnetite scale may explain the high localised corrosion rates experienced in some oil production lines operating at low partial pressures of CO2 and environments normally considered non-corrosive. Corrosion inhibitors with high inhibition efficiency in carbon dioxide corrosion of mild steel were tested, and were found not to be as effective in galvanic corrosion control. An understanding of the electrochemistry and chemistry of the corrosion products will be the key to resolve this problem.

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