Corrosion Resistance of Steels Against Inorganic Acids

by Schütze, Michael; Ladwein, Thomas L.; Bender, Roman

• ISBN13: 9783527335206
• ISBN10: 352733520X
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2012-11-28
• Publisher: Wiley-VCH

Summary

Steel is one of the most widely used construction materials with more than 1.3 billion tons produced each year. Buildings, industrial plants, machines, tools, pipelines, vessels and tanks are only a few of its applications in our daily life. Steel is an alloy made of iron and additional elements like carbon, chromium, manganese, vanadium and tungsten, and its quality, ductility, hardness and strength vary with the amount of the alloying element. As steels corrode in various atmospheres, in water and in soil its corrosion resistance against the four most common chemicals and inorganic acids ? hydrochloric, nitric, sulfuric and phosphoric acid ? is essential and a crucial financial factor for many industries. These acids are present in nearly every industrial production process such as metal manufacturing but also explosives, food, dyes, leather, paper and fertilizers, to name only a few. Understanding how to strengthen the corrosion resistance of steels as reaction, transport and storage devices against these omnipresent and aggressive acids is key for all industries involved. This book is therefore a must-have for all mechanical, civil and chemical engineers, material scientists and chemists working with steel or acidic media.

Author Biography

Michael Schütze, born in 1952, studied materials sciences at the University of Erlangen-Nürnberg from 1972 to 1978, and then joined the Karl Winnacker Institute of the DECHEMA as a research associate. He received his doctorate in engineering sciences from the RWTH (Technical University) in Aachen in 1983, completed his habilitation in 1991, becoming a member of the external teaching staff of the RWTH. Since 1998, he holds a professorship there. He was appointed director of the Karl Winnacker Institute in 1996 and Chairman of the executive board of DECHEMA-Forschungsinstitut in 2012. He is recipient of the Friedrich-Wilhelm-Prize, the Rahmel-Schwenk medal and the Cavallaro medal, past Chairman of the Gordon Research Conference on Corrosion, editor of the journal Materials and Corrosion, Past-President of the European Federation of Corrosion, Past-President of the World Corrosion Organization and Chairman of the Working Party Corrosion by Hot Gases and Combustion Products of the European Federation of Corrosion.

Thomas L. Ladwein, born in 1955, studied chemistry and metallurgy at the Universities of Saarbrücken and Münster, and graduated with a Diploma in Chemistry in 1980 and a PhD in Sciences in 1984. After that he worked as a R&D and application engineer for a chemical fabricator specialized in refractory metals. In 1987 he joined the stainless steel divison of Thyssen AG (later ThyssenKrupp AG) and worked there in several positions in R&D, application engineering and technical marketing. Since 2003 he is full time professor for electrochemistry, corrosion and tribology at Aalen University of Applied Science. He works in various committees and working parties of DECHEMA, GfKORR (German Corrosion Society), VDEh (German Iron and Steel Institute) and NACE International. He is current chair of the NACE committee “STG 39: Process Industries – Materials Applications and Experiences” and chairman of the NACE European Area. In 2011 he received the Herbert H. Uhlig Award from NACE International.

Roman Bender, born in 1971, studied chemistry at the Justus Liebig University of Giessen from 1992 to 1997. After he received his diploma he joined the Karl Winnacker Institute of the DECHEMA in Frankfurt (Main) as a research associate. Since 2000 he is head of the group materials and corrosion at the DECHEMA and editor in chief of the world’s largest corrosion data collection, the DECHEMA Werkstofftabelle, and the Corrosion Handbook. In 2001 he received his doctorate in natural sciences from the Technical University of Aachen (RWTH Aachen). In 2008 Dr. Bender was appointed chief executive offi cer of the GfKORR – The Society for Corrosion Protection.

Table of Contents

PREFACE
HOW TO USE THE HANDBOOK
WARRANTY DISCLAIMER
HYDROCHLORIC ACID
Unalloyed and low-alloyed steels/cast steel
Unalloyed and low-alloy cast iron
High-alloy cast iron
Austenitic cast iron (and others)
Ferritic chromium steels with < 13 % Cr
Ferritic chromium steels with>=13 % Cr
Ferritic/perlitic-martensitic steels
Ferritic-austenitic steels/duplex steels
Austenitic CrNi steels
Austenitic CrNiMo (N) and CrNiMoCu (N) steels
Special iron-based alloys
Bibliography
MIXED ACIDS
Unalloyed and low alloy steels/cast steel
Unalloyed cast iron and low-alloy cast iron
High-alloy cast iron
Ferritic chromium steels with < 13 % Cr
Ferritic chromium steels with>= 13 % Cr
Ferritic-austenitic steels/duplex steels
Austenitic CrNi steels
Phosphoric and hydrochloric acid
Austenitic CrNiMo (N) and CrNiMoCu (N) steels
Austenitic CrNiMoCu (N) steels
Bibliography
NITRIC ACID
Unalloyed steels and cast steel
Unalloyed cast iron
High-alloy cast iron
High-silicon cast iron
Structural steels with up to 12 % chromium
Ferritic chromium steels with more than 12 % chromium
Ferritic-austenitic steels with more than 12 % chromium
Austenitic chromium-nickel steels
Austenitic chromium-nickel-molybdenum steels
Austenitic chromium-nickel steels with special alloying additions
Special iron-based alloys
Bibliography
Phosphoric Acid
Unalloyed steels and cast steel
Unalloyed cast iron
High-alloy cast iron
High-silicon cast iron
Structural steels with up to 12 % chromium
Ferritic chromium steels with more than 12 % chromium
Ferritic-austenitic steels with more than 12 % chromium
Austenitic CrNi steels
Austenitic CrNiMo (N) steels
Austenitic chromium-nickel steels with special alloying additions
Special iron-based alloys
Bibliography
SULFURIC ACID
Unalloyed steels and cast steel
Unalloyed cast iron
High-alloy cast iron
High-silicon cast iron
Structural steels with up to 12 % chromium
Ferritic chromium steels with more than 12 % chromium
Ferritic-austenitic steels with more than 12 % chromium
Austenitic chromium-nickel steels
Austenitic chromium-nickel-molybdenum steels
Austenitic chromium-nickel steel with special alloying additions
Special iron-based alloys
Bibliography
KEY TO MATERIALS COMPOSITIONS
INDEX OF MATERIALS
SUBJECT INDEX