In their article, Corrosion protection of stainless steel by organic inhibitors in phosphate industries in 15 per cent H2SO4, Singh RK and Kumar R from the Department of Chemistry at Jagdam College and J P University, write stainless steel is a very important metal for phosphate industry whereas H2SO4 produces a hostile environment for surrounding material and it produces several forms of corrosion like galvanic, pitting, crevice, stress, intergranular embrittlement and blistering.
Singh and Kumar write, Scientists and researchers have used different techniques for corrosion mitigation of materials like organic and inorganic coatings, organic and inorganic inhibitors, composite materials coating, nanocoating, and plasma coatings.
Inorganic nanocoating of aluminum phosphate (1), zinc phosphate (2), and magnesium phosphate (3) in presence of DLC (diamond like carbon) filler were used as nanocoating materials in a high temperature and an acidic environment.
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