Mexico, corrosion

Centro de Investigaciones de Corrosion (CICORR), Universidad Autonoma de Campeche, Campeche, Mexico. 

Atmospheric corrosion is the most extended type of corrosion in the World. Over the years, several papers have been published in this subject however, most of the research has been made in non-tropical countries and under outdoor conditions. Results of outdoor and indoor corrosion rate and corrosion aggressivity in tropical corrosion test stations of Cuba and Mexico are reported. 

In the case of these two regions there is a natural source of airborne salinity the waters of the Atlantic Ocean, the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean Sea. Airborne salinity plays an important role in determining corrosion aggressivity in Cuba [1-4] and in the Yucatan Peninsula [2, 5-6], Other anthropogenic contaminants can be present also in this region, particularly sulfur compounds coming from the oil production and manufacture industries and... 

Chloride ion is one of the most important natural pollutants influencing corrosion particularly in the tropical humid conditions of Cuba and Campeche in Mexico however, its role may change depending on climate. A very humid climate can cause a fast leaching of the chloride ions and decreases its effect on the acceleration of corrosion rate. A different acceleration rate has been reported for chloride ions between Eastern and Western Caribbean... 

The authors appreciate the contribution of M. Sc. Miguel Ramon Sosa Baz (Corrosion Research Center, University of Campeche, Campeche, Mexico) and Tec. Eva Gonzalez Mellor and Julia Perez Acosta (National Center for Scientific Research (CNIC), Havana City, Cuba)... 

D. C. Cook, A C. Van Orden, J. Reyes, S.J.Oh, R. Balasubramanian, J.J. Carpio, H.E. Townsend, Atmospheric Corrosion in Marine Environments along the Gulf of Mexico, Marine Corrosion in Tropical Environments, ASTM STP 1399, S.W. Dean,... 

Yet the statement of Professor Brill s question indicates the importance of flow assurance, particularly related to hydrates, waxes, scale, corrosion, and asphaltenes, in decreasing order of importance. In the Gulf of Mexico, for example, hydrates are considered to be the largest problem by an order of magnitude relative to the others. 

Hu S. (1999) Reductive Dechlorination of Trichloroethylene by Metallic Iron Effects oflron Corrosion and Corrosion Inhibition. Master Thesis, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology. 

Kharaka Y. K., Lico M. S., and Carothers W. W. (1980) Predicted corrosion and scale-formation properties of geopressured—geothermal waters from the northern Gulf of Mexico Basin. J. Petrol. Technol. 32, 319—324. 

J.S. Mandke, Corrosion causes most pipeline failures in Gulf of Mexico, Oil GasJ. 29 (1990) 40-44. 

Explosion of the natural gas pipeline near Carlsbad, New Mexico, on August 19, 2000, that resulted in not only environmental damage bnt also loss of lives has also been reported to have had a microbial corrosion-related factor in it. Figure 4.4 shows the extent of the blast. As seen from the two superimposed photographs, the explosion has been so devastating that it opened a very large pit. 

In the same years, the exploitation of North Sea oil fields began, where, unlike the Gulf of Mexico, slight ocean is normal, so that the problems related to corrosion fatigue caused, in 1965, the sinking of the Sea Gem platform and the death of 13 workers. 

Research Professor (Corrosion Engineer and Ph.D. in Electrochemistry) at AppUed Physics Department, CINVESTAV-IPN, Unidad Merida, Yucatan, C.P. 97310, Mexico... 

Figure 6.9 Pits in the gaivanized water pipe that contributed to the erosion-corrosion of the gas iine and the subsequent ieak in a sewer main that caused the Guadaiajara 1992 expiosion [6]. (Courtesy of Dr. Jose M. Malo, Electric Research Institute, Mexico)...

Similar corrosivity maps have been created from data available in the literature, such as the corrosivity map of Mexico shown in Fig. 9.36 [29], the map of Japan (Fig. 9.37) that shows an increasing corrosivity from north to south regions [30], and the map of India (Fig. 9.38) [31]. 

Cook DC, Van Orden AC, Reyes J. Atmospheric corrosion in marine environments along the Gulf of Mexico. In Dean SW, Hemandez-Duque Delgadillo G, Bushman JB, eds. Marine Corrosion in Tropical Environments. Philadelphia, Pa. ASTM, 2000 75-97. 

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