Heat Treatment of Metals ›› 2020, Vol. 45 ›› Issue (6): 226-231.DOI: 10.13251/j.issn.0254-6051.2020.06.047

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Effect of CO2 on corrosion behavior of Q235 steel and X70 steel in oilfield groundwater environment

Wang Yue1, Wang Dan1, Xie Fei1, Wang Xingfa1, Guo Ziwei1, Zhu Xinkun2   

  1. 1. School of Petroleum Engineering, Liaoning Shihua University, Fushun Liaoning 113001, China;
    2. No.1 Gas Production Plant of Qinghai Oilfield, Golmud Qinghai 816000, China
  • Received:2019-12-15 Online:2020-06-25 Published:2020-09-02

Abstract: In order to find out the corrosion law of CO2 on Q235 steel and X70 pipeline steel in the groundwater environment of Liaohe Oilfield, the effects of different CO2 concentrations on corrosion behaviors of the two steels were investigated by using of potentiodynamic polarization technique and AC impedance technique. The corrosion interface of the specimens was characterized by means of metallographic microscope. The results show that with the increase of CO2 concentration, the radius of the AC impedance spectrum of the two steels decreases, the corrosion current density increases; the number, depth and area of corrosion pits increase, and the corrosion sensitivity increases. In low concentration CO2 environment (such as 10% CO2), Q235 steel has higher corrosion sensitivity than that of X70 steel. And in high concentration CO2 environment (such as 20%, 40%, 60%), the corrosion rate of Q235 steel is smaller and the corrosion resistance is better.

Key words: groundwater environment, X70 steel, Q235 steel, CO2 concentration, corrosion resistance

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