STUDY OF THE PASSIVITY LIMITS OF AUSTENITIC STAINLESS-STEEL IN H2S-CONTAINING BRINES USING MOTT-SCHOTTKY AND POINT DEFECT MODEL ANALYSIS

Author:

Case Raymundo1

Affiliation:

1. R Case Materials Science & Engineering, Texas A and M University System, College Station, 77843, United States

Abstract

The objective of the study is to correlate the effects of H<sub>2</sub>S, and Cl<sup>-</sup> concentration on the passivity limits and the onset of localized corrosion, in UNS S31603 stainless steel by evaluating the changes in the semiconducting behavior exhibited by the passive layer. The study is accomplished experimentally by using a combination of direct and alternate current electrochemical methods, to study the passive layer formed by the stainless steel, in equilibrium with a gas phase at 2.8 MPa (400 psi) containing up to 60% mol of H<sub>2</sub>S (bal. CO<sub>2</sub>) at 25○</sup>C. The results obtained using the Mott-Schottky analysis indicate that the decrease of the passive layer stability formed on the UNS S31603 stainless steel is consistent with the increase in the electron donor carrier density. This is observed as the consequence of the effect of Cl<sup>-</sup> and H<sub>2</sub>S. In this context, the Cl<sup>-</sup> content in the brine was found to exert a larger effect than the H<sub>2</sub>S activity. The correlation with the evaluation of the passive layer using the Point Defect model suggest that both the polarizability and the rate of annihilation of the cation vacancies at the metal / film interface increase with the H<sub>2</sub>S content in the environment. This behavior can explain the increased content of Cl<sup>-</sup> and sulfides as main electron donor species, also the observable increase in the passive layer susceptibility to both stable and metastable pitting.

Publisher

NACE International

Subject

General Materials Science,General Chemical Engineering,General Chemistry

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