Element’s corrosion inhibitor testing ensures your chemicals are correctly applied and effective at corrosion reduction. Prolong the lifespan of your metals and alloys, and reduce corrosion-related failures and defects, with robust expert-led testing of corrosion inhibitors for even the most challenging of environments. 
 

What are Corrosion Inhibitors and Why is Testing Important? 

Corrosion inhibitors are chemicals added to metals or alloy to reduce corrosion. Testing is important to ensure they are applied correctly and effectively reduce corrosion, helping to protect metal applications from damage and ensuring longevity. Without proper Corrosion inhibitor testing, the inhibitors may not be applied correctly, leading to failures due to general and localized corrosion, as well as under deposit corrosion. These failures can impair the function of the metal, causing leaks, bursts, and loss of operational performance.

 

Benefits of Corrosion Inhibitor Testing with Element

  • Enhance Safety and Compliance: By conducting corrosion inhibitor testing, you can improve the safety and compliance of your pipeline assets, reducing the risk of failures and enhancing overall operational safety. Adhering to the most relevant ISO and ASTM standards will provide stakeholders with confidence in the reliability and industry compliance of your pipelines and infrastructure.
  • Reduce Costs and Mitigate Risk: Effectively preventing corrosion-related failures, such as leaks and bursts, you can mitigate operational and financial risks, leading to cost savings over the lifespan of your critical infrastructure.
  • Gain Comprehensive Insights: Our experts can simulate a wide range of high-pressure, high-temperature, flow regimes, and sweet and sour environmental conditions, providing a comprehensive picture of corrosion inhibitor effectiveness across all potential future operating environments.
  • Receive Global Support: Element's global network of laboratories allows you to receive consistent, high-quality testing results no matter where you are currently based.
  • Learn from Experts: Our corrosion experts possess specialized knowledge in corrosion testing. They can offer further supportive testing such as CO2 corrosion, H2S corrosion, and galvanic corrosion testing, ensuring that the most practical combination of corrosion inhibitors is applied to your metals and alloys.

 

Unique Tests for Unique Projects

Our experts offer specialized testing services, tailored to your unique project needs. We are committed to delivering fast and accurate results for corrosion inhibitor testing using state-of-the-art testing laboratories. Our facilities can simulate a wide range of environments, including high-pressure, high-temperature, sweet, and sour conditions. We take pride in providing customized testing approaches, analyses, and recommendations to meet your dynamic requirements within the oil and gas industry.
 

Prolong Your Product Lifespan

With custom corrosion testing, we can help you extend your infrastructure's lifespan, reducing the need for costly repairs and replacements. This leads to significant cost savings and promotes environmental sustainability. Prioritizing the lifespan of oil and gas pipelines is essential for maintaining the operational efficiency of your project and ensuring it produces a reliable energy supply.

 

Your Corrosion Inhibitor Testing Expert

Elements Global Corrosion Testing Specialist, Phil Dent.

Phil Dent

Element's Global Corrosion Specialist

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Corrosion inhibitor test methods

Our corrosion inhibitor testing examines metals, carbon steel, and corrosion-resistant alloys using electrochemical methods that replicate various environments, including sweet (CO2) and sour (H2S) conditions for oil and gas applications.

We employ Potentiodynamic Polarisation, Linear Polarisation Resistance (LPR), and Electrochemical Impedance Spectroscopy (EIS) test methods in accordance with the most relevant ISO and ASTM standards to assess the impact and effectiveness of corrosion inhibitors.

 

Our State-of-the-art Facilities and equipment

Element's advanced testing laboratories can replicate a wide range of high-pressure, high-temperature flow conditions and sweet and sour environmental factors:

  • HPHT dynamic autoclaves
  • Flow regimes
  • Acid gases (sweet and sour)
  • Electrochemical monitoring systems
  • RCE (Rotating cylinder electrode)
  • Flow loop (sweet use)
 

Why Choose Element?

Our experts specialize in corrosion testing, including CO2, H2S, and galvanic corrosion. With a network of global laboratories, we deliver effective corrosion inhibitor testing with fast, accurate results.

Element is the top provider of Materials Testing, Inspection, and Certification services to the Oil and Gas Upstream sector and a leading international provider to the conventional Fuel and Nuclear Power Generation sector. Our global reach and expertise help prevent corrosion in your critical assets through inhibitor testing. For more information or to speak with an expert, contact us today.
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  • ASTM G5
  • ASTM G31
  • ASTM G46
  • ASTM G59
  • ASTM G61
  • ASTM G71
  • ASTM G102
  • ASTM G106
  • ASTM G108
  • ASTM G170
  • ASTM G185
  • ASTM G202
  • ASTM G215
  • ISO 6614
  • ISO 16773
  • NACE TM0169
  • NACE TM0196

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