Corrosion resistance of a steel under an oxidizing atmosphere in a fluid catalytic cracking regenerator
AUTOR(ES)
Caminha, Ieda, Zeng, Chaoliu, Paes, Marcelo Piza, Monteiro, Maurício Jesus, Rizzo, Fernando
FONTE
Materials Research
DATA DE PUBLICAÇÃO
2004-03
RESUMO
In the present work, the corrosion resistance of an ASTM A 387 G11 steel was evaluated under two conditions: an oxidizing atmosphere in a fluid catalytic cracking regenerator of a petroleum processing unit and a simulated atmosphere in the laboratory, at temperatures of 650 °C and 700 °C. The characterization of the phases present in the oxidized layer was carried out by X-ray diffraction (XRD), optical microscopy (OM) and scanning electron microscopy (SEM) with X-ray energy dispersive analysis (EDS). Severe corrosion was observed after exposure to both the real and simulated conditions, with formation of several iron oxides (Fe2O3, Fe3O4 and FeO) in the product scale layer, as well as a slight inner oxidation and sulfidation of chromium in the substrate. Internal nitridation of the silicon and the manganese was observed only in the real condition, probably related to the long-term exposure inside the regenerator.
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