Electrochemical Behavior of A516 Carbon Steel in Solutions Containing Hydrogen Sulfide

H. H. Huang; Wen-Ta Tsai; J. T. Lee

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Electrochemical Behavior of A516 Carbon Steel in Solutions Containing Hydrogen Sulfide

H. H. Huang, Wen-Ta Tsai, J. T. Lee

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The electrochemical behavior of A516 grade 70 (UNS K02700) carbon steel with a ferrite-pearlite structure in acidic chloride (Cl^-) solutions containing hydrogen sulfide (H₂S) at 25°C was investigated by electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS). Results showed the impedance of A516 steel increased in an acidic Cl^- solution with H₂S (compared to a solution without H₂S) at the open-circuit potential (OCP). The corrosion process for A516 steel in the H₂S-containing solution was in two stages. Polarization resistance (R_p) initially increased with time for immersion up to ∼ 10 h but then decreased gradually. In the early stage, the impedance was characterized by one large semicircle in the Nyquist plot that increased with time for immersion up to 3 h. In the later stage, precipitation of a sulfide film modified the surface properties and led to variation in EIS data through a capacitive effect in the low-frequency region.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	708-713
Number of pages	6
Journal	Corrosion
Volume	52
Issue number	9
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.5006/1.3292161
Publication status	Published - 1996 Jan 1

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