80

P
R
60 S
T
U
CLR (%)
40

20

0
0 20 40 60 80
CAR (%)
Figure 4: Correlation graph between CAR and CLR for all specimens after HIC experiments.

50
Fail Pass
40

30
CLR (%)

20 CLR upper limit: 15%

10

0
80
70 Fail Pass
60
50
CAR (%)

40
30 CAR upper limit: 23%
20
10
0
0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35
Specimen n°

Figure 5: CLR and CAR values of all specimens.

 80
1 2 3
70

60

CAR (%) 50

40

30 P
R
20 S
T
10
U
0
0 1 2 3 4 5
H2 content (mass ppm)
Figure 6: Correlation graph between CAR (%) and diffusible hydrogen content (mass ppm) for
all HIC experiments.

80
P
70 R
S
60
T
50 U
CAR (%)

40
3 months
30
1 month
20

10

0
1 10 100
pH2S (mbar)
Figure 7: Impact of H2S partial pressure on CAR for the experiments at pH 3.5.
 100

90 P T
R U
80 S
70

60

CAR (%) 50

40

30

20

10

0
3.0 3.5 4.0 4.5 5.0 5.5
pH

Figure 8: Impact of pH on CAR values for the 2 week exposure under 100mbar H2S (points at
pH 2.7 corresponds to test in NACE solution, without pH adjustment).

4.5

4.0

3.5
pH

3.0

2.5
0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14
Time (days)
Figure 9: pH evolution during 2 weeks test in NACE TM0284-2003 Solution A
under 100mbar H2S.
 Steel P - CAR (%) Steel R - CAR (%)
< 5% < 5%
5,5 5% < < 23% 5,5 5% < < 23%
23% < < 50% 23% < < 50%
> 50% > 50%

4,5 4,5

pH
pH

3,5 3,5

1 10 100 1000 1 10 100 1000

pH2S (mbar) pH2S (mbar)

Steel S - CAR (%) Steel T - CAR (%)

< 5% < 5%
5,5 5% < < 23% 5,5 5% < < 23%
23% < < 50% 23% < < 50%
> 50% > 50%
4,5 4,5
pH

pH

3,5 3,5

1 10 100 1000 1 10 100 1000

pH2S (mbar) pH2S (mbar)

Steel U - CAR (%)

< 5%
5,5 5% < < 23%
23% < < 50%
> 50%
4,5
pH

3,5

1 10 100 1000
pH2S (mbar)

Figure 10: Representation of CAR results in the pH-pH2S diagram. Exposure time was
2 weeks for all experiments, except at pH 3.5 – 10mbar (4 weeks) and at pH 3.5 – 3mbar (3
months). EFC 16 solution A was used for all tests, except for tests at pH 2.7, where NACE
TM0284-2003 solution A was used.
 Region 1:
mildly sour
6
Region 0:

0-1 border: to be clarified

non sour

5 Region 2/3:
sour service materials
pH

1 10 100 1000
pH2S (mbar)

Figure 11: Proposal of HIC severity regions.