comparative study of corrosion sensitivity of selected ferrous metals in crude oil选择黑色金属的腐蚀敏感性的比较研究原油.pdfVIP

Journal of Minerals Materials Characterization Engineering, Vol. 11, No.6, pp.559-568, 2012 Printed in the USA. All rights reserved Comparative Study of Corrosion Sensitivity of Selected Ferrous Metals in Crude Oil 1 Ogundare, O., Momoh, I.M., Akinribide, O.J., *Adetunji, A.R., Borode, J.O., + + Olusunle, S.O.O. and Adewoye, O.O. Engineering Materials Development Institute, Akure, Nigeria. *Prototype Engineering Development Institute, Ilesa, Nigeria. 1Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering, Federal University of Technology, Akure, Nigeria. +National Agency for Science and Engineering Infrastructure, Abuja, Nigeria. Corresponding Author: suppiedee@ ABSTRACT Corrosion characteristic of selected ferrous metal samples (plain and alloyed ductile iron, low carbon steel and austenitic stainless steel) in crude oil was investigated using weight loss method. The microstructures of the coupons were taken before and after corrosion test. It was observed that all the materials experience gain in weight within the first 10 days in the medium. This weight gain is attributed to the formation of hard and passive phases which acted as strong protective barriers to corrosion. It was also observed that the rate of corrosion decreased with increase in the number of days of exposure for all the coupons, this may be probably due to the deposition of corrosion products that tend to shield the corroding surface from further corrosi