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Influencing Parameters:
1) Temperature (can affect the corrosion rate & mechanical properties)
2) Pressure
3) pH acid vs base
4) Presence of impurities (can cause stress corrosion 5) The amount of aeration (can cause differential oxidation 6) Stream velocity & agitation (can cause erosion corrosion
7) Heat transfer rates either conducting or resisting heat
Refer to Tables for the Properties of Many Materials (Further read Textbooks)
Corrosion
Types of Corrosion
To prevent galvanic corrosion, need to select combination of metals that are close to
each other in the galvanic series (refer table in lecture slides)
Oxidation
Prevention protective layer (protective oxide) on the surface, use suitable pH (if
applicable), lower the temperature
Select appropriate/ suitable material (carbon steel, stainless steel, plastic, glass,
ceramics etc)
Use non-metallic castings and lining materials in combination with steel (to prevent
structural corrosion)
Classifications of materials
Alloys are generally divided into two types according to their composition and how
they made (casting (use molten metal poured into mould), wrought (bending,
hammering, welding, bending, etc)
Preliminary selection
Laboratory testing
Economic comparison
Final selection
Final Thoughts
Selection Criteria
Operating temperature
Thermal stability
Strength
Oxidation
Carburization
Industrial Applications
Chlorine
Flow must be restricted to avoid removal of ferric chloride on the surface (protection
layer)
Most suitable PVDF (refer lecture slide), ebonite or rubber lined steel
Bromine
Sulfuric acid
Most suitable specially developed stainless steel for high temperature duties
Hydrochloric acid
Most suitable plastic and rubber lined steel for pipelines and small vessels
Ammonia
Carbon steel (most commonly used) refer lecture notes (tables) for the types of
carbon steel, not suitable for dilute acids or alkaline solutions, brine or salt solutions,
high or cryogenic (very low) temperature
Stainless steel or ferrous alloys (refer lecture slides for the types) most commonly
used SS type 302, 304, 316, resistant to corrosion, high temperature strength
Recommendation
Copper alkali