Your paper dealt largely with the effect of mercury oh Corrosion of aluminum. Is there evidence of similar effects on regular carbon steels?
We have not conducted any tests to determine the effect of mercury on the corrosion of regular carbon steels and, therefore, do not feel that we can express an opinion.
We experienced a failure of the tubes in an aluminum bundle in overhead condensing service on a catalytic cracking unit from mercury attack on the tubes. Is there any method of analyzing the hydrocarbon stream for mercury so that this type of failure could be predicted?
What type of chemical reagents did authors use in detecting the small amounts of mercury in the corroded areas of the sample alloys? Did they use some particularly specific colorimetric reagent that gave them a satisfactory indication of mercury, and with the necessary precision?
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