Nickel Insitute - Nickel Alloys in Organic Acids & Related Compounds

TABLE II Comparison of Cast Stainless Steels with Wrought Type 316 Stainless Steel in Organic Acid Media Test Conditions: All tests at boiling temperature for approximately 150 hours in laboratory. Each result shown represents duplicate specimens.

Corrosion Rate

Wrought Type 316 Stainless Steel Annealed

ACI CF-8M

Annealed

Sensitized

ACI

Type 329 Stainless Steel

ALLOYCO 20***

5%*

10%*

5%*

10%*

CD-4MCu WORTHITE**

Temperature

Solution

ºC ºF mm/y mpy mm/y mpy mm/y mpy mm/y mpy mm/y mpy mm/y mpy mm/y mpy mm/y mpy mm/y mpy

.05 .03

2 1

.05 .03

2 1

.03 .03

1 1

.03

1 1

.05

2

Nil Nil

Nil Nil

03 Nil

1

<.03

<1

<.03 <.03

<1 <1

Glacial Acetic Acid

117 102

242 216

03

Nil

Nil

Nil

.03

1

50% Acetic Acid

<.03

<1

<.03

<1

.03

1

01

0.5

Nil

Nil

Nil

Nil

Nil

Nil

<.03

<1

10% Acetic Acid

100.5

213

.15

6

.18

7

.13

5

.15

6

.08

3

<.03

<1

<.03

<1

<.03

<1

85% Acetic-15%Formic

109

228

.30

1 2

33

13

.18

7

.20

8

.25

10

08

3

<.03

<1

<.03

<1

.64

25

50% Acetic-15%Formic 106.5

224

.84

33

.89

35

.23

9

.25

10

.13

5

15

6

03

1

.03

1

1.35

53

85% Formic-15%Acetic 104.5

220

48

19

43

17

.28

11

.28

11

.33

13

18

7

05

2

.03

1

1.65

65

88% Formic Acid

104.5

220

.64

25

76

30

.61

24

.66

26

.51

20

.15

6

.15

6

.10

4

8.38

330

50% Formic Acid

102

216

.38

1 5

36

14

.46

18

.46

18

.43

17

<.03

<1

08

3

.10

4

10% Formic Acid

100

212

*% Ferrite in alloy **Trademark of Worthington Corp. ***Trademark of Aloyco, Inc.

TABLE III

Field Tests in Acetic Acid Distillation Columns

Location in Column Test Duration (Days) Temperature ºC (ºF) Per Cent Acetic Acid

Top 11 120 (248) 99.5+

Top 40 106 (223) 99.9+

Mid 375 100 (212) 20

Bottom 62 121 (250) 99.9+

Bottom 30 119 (246) 90

Corrosion Rate

Alloy

mm/y mpy

mm/y

mpy

mm/y

mpy

mm/y

mpy

mm/y

mpy

<.03

<1 12 35

< .03

<1

.05

2

< .03

<1

.15

6

Type 316 stainless steel Type 304 stainless steel Type 309 stainless steel Type 329 stainless steel Type 216 stainless steel Type 410 stainless steel Type 430 stainless steel CARPENTER 1 alloy 20Cb-3 JESSOP 2 alloy JS-700

.30 .89 .03

.05

2

1

<.03

<1

>12.7 >12.7

>500 >500

<.03

<1

<.03 <.03 <.03

<1 <1 <1

INCOLOY 3 alloy 825 HASTELLOY 4 alloy C* CHLORIMET 5 alloy 2 HASTELLOY alloy B INCONEL 3 alloy 600 MONEL 3 alloy 400 C 10300 (Copper) Nickel 200

<.03 <.03

<1 <1

.13 .03

5 1

.05

2

<.03

<1

.05 .13 .25

2 5

.15 .08 .15 .08

6 3 6 3

10 11

28

.08

3

41

16

(1) Trademark of Carpenter TechnologyCorporation (2) Trademark of Jessop Steel Company (3) Trademark of the Inco family of companies (4) Trademark of Cabot Corporation (5) Trademark of The Duriron Company, Inc.

*An improved version of this alloy, HASTELLOY alloy C-276, has replaced HASTELLOY alloy C.

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