Corrosion behavior of API 5L X‐60 pipeline steel exposed to near‐neutral pH soil simulating solution

Steel gas pipelines are exposed externally to damage by surface corrosion and cracking phenomena. They are the main deterioration mechanism under coating failure and cathodic protection (CP) that can reduce the structural integrity of buried gas transmission pipelines where the soil aggressiveness and bacterial activity appear. Corrosion phenomenon is accentuated by the soil parameters influence such resistivity, pH, temperature, moisture content and chemical composition of electrolytes contained in the soil. Soil parameters influence on pipeline steel corrosion behaviour exposed in near‐neutral pH soil simulating solution has been investigated by potentiodynamic polarisation and EIS method. Results showed that the steel corrosion increases, corrosion current density increases with temperature in the range from 20 to 60 °C. The associated activation energy has been determined. Impedance curves showed that the charge transfer resistance (R_t) increases with increasing immersion duration. Parameters such as corrosion current density (I_corr), polarization resistance (R_p), and soil resistivity (ρ) can serve as the parameters for evaluation of soil corrosivity.     

Preparation of Nano-TiO2/Diatomite Composites by Non-hydrolytic Sol–Gel Process and its Application in Photocatalytic Degradation of Crystal Violet

Silicon - The dispersion of anatase TiO2 on diatomic material was a prospective route to avoid agglomerates of these particles. In this work, the TiO2/diatomite composites were prepared using a...     

Removal of Quinmerac by Diatomite and Modified Diatomite from Aqueous Solution

Algerian aluminosilicate mineral natural diatomite and its modified variant were applied to remove quinmerac (QM)—a week acid herbicide from aqueous solutions. Then samples were investigated by the transmission electron microscopy, X-ray diffraction analysis, X-ray fluorescence and physical adsorption of gases. The adsorption experiments were carried out at ambient temperature in baths at different pH and the results showed that the amount of adsorbed QM increased at a higher pH, reaching a maximum at pH 2.5. The Langmuir model provided the best correlation of the experimental data for adsorption equilibrium. It was found that the modified diatomite exhibits a slightly better efficiency in the removal of QM than natural diatomite; this is why it could be considered to be an alternative material for removing a specific pollutant from environment.