Erosion-Corrosion in Single and Multiphase Flow
by
S. Nesic and J. Postlethwaite
Abstract

Erosion-corrosion encompasses a wide range of flow-induced corrosion processes. Flowing fluids can damage protective films on metals resulting in greatly accelerated corrosion. Damage to the films may be result of mechanical forces or flow-enhanced dissolution and the accelerated corrosion may be accompanied by erosion of the underlying metal. This conjoint action of erosion and corrosion is known as erosion-corrosion [1]. Impingement attack by liquid droplets and solid particles, and cavitation attack are also included here, under this broad definition of erosion-corrosion. In practice, the relative contributions corrosion and erosion, to the total metal loss, vary widely with type of erosion-corrosion and the hydrodynamic intensity of the flow.

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