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Inhibition of corrosion

Assignee: ExxonMobil Technology and Engineering Co
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Filing: 1971-07-12
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Granted: 1973-12-18
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Expires: 1991-07-12
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Abstract

Abstract Corrosion of ferrous metals by corrosive acids at elevated temperatures is inhibited by adding to the corrosive acid a composition comprising effective amounts of at least one acetylenic alcohol, a quaternary ammonium compound and/or an amine, a surfactant, an organic solvent, and a formic acid compound selected from the group consisting of formate esters of the structure:

Inventors

  • 👤 J Looney
  • 👤 L Mcdougall
  • 👤 T Richards

Bibliographic Details

Application Number —
Jurisdiction US
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Last Synchronized 2026-10-31 14:19
CPC Classifications
C; C11; C11D; C11D3/00; C11D3/16; C11D3/20; C11D3/2093; C11D1/00; C11D1/38; C11D1/62; C11D3/0005; C11D3/0073; C11D3/164; C11D3/26; C11D3/28; C11D3/30; C11D3/34; C11D3/349; C11D3/43; C23; C23F; C23F11/00; C23F11/04; C23G; C23G1/00; C23G1/02; C23G1/04; C23G1/06; Y; Y10; Y10S; Y10S507/00; Y10S507/939

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 14
Claim 1
Independent Claim 16 words
A composition in accordance with claim 1 in which the ammonium compound is a quaternary compound.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 15 words
A composition in accordance with claim 1 in which the ammonium compound is an amine.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim 18 words
A composition in accordance with claim 1 in which the acetylenic alcohol has 3 to 10 carbon atoms.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim 21 words
A composition in accordance with claim 1 containing a solvent effective amount up to 40 weight percent of a liquid alkanol.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim 14 words
A composition in accordance with claim 5 in which the alkanol is isopropyl alcohol.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim 21 words
A composition in accordance with claim 1 containing a non-ionic surfactant in an amount from about 0.25 to 2.0 weight percent.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim 22 words
A composition in accordance with claim 7 in which the surfactant is an 8 to 12 mole polyoxyethylene adduct of nonyl phenol.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim 34 words
A composition in accordance with claim 7 in which the surfactant is an 8 to 12 mole ethylene oxide adduct of an alkyl phenol having 8 to 20 carbon atoms in the alkyl group.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim 18 words
A composition in accordance with claim 9 in which the acetylenic alcohol has 3 to 10 carbon atoms.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim 22 words
A composition in accordance with claim 1 in which the acetylenic alcohol is a mixture of ethyl octynol, propargyl alcohol and hexynol.
Claim 11
Independent Claim 62 words
A method for inhibiting the corrosivity of a corrosive acid in contact with a ferrous metal at elevated temperatures which comprises adding to said corrosive acid an inhibiting amount of a ferrous metal corrosion inhibiting composition consisting essentially of corrosion inhibiting effective amounts of: a. about 3 to about 25 weight percent of at least 1 acetylenic alcohol having the structural formula:
Claim 12
Dependent Claim 15 words
A method in accordance with claim 12 in which the corrosive acid is hydrochloric acid.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim 31 words
A method in accordance with claim 12 in which the inhibiting amount is within the range from about 0.25 percent to about 10.0 percent by volume based on the corrosive acid.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim 14 words
A method in accordance with claim 12 in which the ferrous metal is steel.

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