EFFECT OF CARBON STEEL, METALLURGY ON
THE INHIBITION OF CARBON DIOXIDE
CORROSION BY FILM FORMING INHIRITORS
‘Stuart Bailey’, Douglas Joho, Brian Kinsella and Roland De Marco
‘Western Australian Corrosion Research Group, School,
Curtin University of Technology, Western Australia, 6845 Australia
SUMMARY: ‘The Internal corrosion of carbon steel pipelines ty carbonic acid is commonly
‘controlled using fim forming corresion inhibitors. Generic fing brsing coeroton inhibitors are
Surfactant molecules that adsorb at the corodiog steel surface to form a barrier against the
corrasive aqueous components, These surfactant molecules form distinct adsorbed. surface
{geometries of spheres, rods and bilayers where the packing ofthese surface geometries may be
Inuenced by the metallurgy of the ste. This paper explores the effect of several different
‘etallargles (Grade 1020, API SL X65 and API-SL.X6O) onthe effacy of generic and commercial