Corrosion rates of Carbon Steel in Sulphuric/Chloride environment ?

[groags]

Hi,
does anybody know where I can get an idea of corrosion rates of Carbon Steel ? Specifically in a high temp, chloride sulphuric acid environment?

A special lining on a tank has failed due to large particle erosion. The steel shell is suspected to be exposed and I would like to be able to get a rough estimate of expected time of tank failure.

Thanks,
Ronan

 

[bngreene]

The Materials Technology Institute of the Chemical Process Industries (MTI) has publications and some software that deal with corrosivity of concentrated as well as dilute/intermediate concentrations of sulfuric acid. The link is

http://www.mti-link.org.

If the acid is hot as you indicated, I'm afraid you may find out how corrosive it can be before you get the MTI literature.

 

[hacksaw]

the corrosion rate of c.s. in acid-chlorides is pretty high measured in inches per year depending on the temperature and acid strength.