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Stainless steel corrosion rate at high pH?

Is there information on corrosion rate (mils per year)in a stainless steel pipeline at a velocity of 10 ft/s if the pH of the liquid is between 13 and 14. The stainless steels I am interested in are 304L and 316L.

Ramesh Gandhi
pipeline engineering - Fremont, California, USA
2004

I would definitely talk to the OEM for the pipe as you are talking about something that is a far cry from laboratory errosion.They will probbly be very interested in what the material is and if it has ANY particulate matter in it.

James Watts
- Navarre, Florida
2004

The chloride content, acid or alkaline pH, will make a big difference from any tablular data accumulated by a green school boy engineer.

Robert H Probert
Robert H Probert Technical Services

Garner, North Carolina

2005

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