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• TITLE: Corrosion Study of AISI 304, AISI 321 and AISI 430 Stainless Steels in a Tar Sand Digester

  AUTHORS: L.E. Umoru, A.A. Afonja, B. Ademodi

  KEYWORDS: Stainless steel, corrosion, tar sand

  JOURNAL NAME: Journal of Minerals and Materials Characterization and Engineering, Vol.7 No.4, December 20, 2008

  ABSTRACT: This work has investigated the corrosion properties of three types of stainless steels in a tar sand digester environment with the aim of establishing their relative resistances in the environment. The corrosion experiments for the stainless steels were conducted by the non-electrochemical immersion technique with corrosion rates expressed in mils per year (mpy). The spectroscopy analysis of the Nigerian tar sand was done by the energy dispersive x-ray analysis. The surface study of the corroded stainless steels was accomplished via a scanning electron microscopy (SEM) to reveal the form of corrosion. The results of the corrosion experiments show that all the stainless steels have a relatively low corrosion rates (