CHAPTER 11Corrosion

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1.1 ABSTRACT

Corrosion is the deterioration of a material as a result of its interactionwith its surroundings and can occur at any point or at any time duringpetroleum and natural gas processing. Although this definition is appli-cable to any type of material, it is typically reserved for metallic alloys.Furthermore, corrosion processes not only influence the chemicalproperties of a metal or metal alloys, but they also generate changes intheir physical properties and mechanical behaviors.

It is the purpose of this chapter to present the terminology of thedifferent types of corrosion, as well as the key chemical aspects of cor-rosion processes and the types of corrosion that can occur in a refineryor gas processing plant.

1.2 CONTENT

1.1 Introduction1.2 Corrosion Chemistry1.3 Types of Corrosion1.4 Effect of Temperature

1 Corrosion1.1 Abstract1.2 Content