EP0043525B1 - Corrosion inhibitors for alkanolamine gas treating systems - Google Patents
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- This invention relates to novel corrosion inhibitors for alkanolamine gas treating systems.
- Gases such as natural gas, flue gas, and synthesis gas have been purified by the utilization of aqueous alkanolamine solutions for the absorption of acid gases such as CO 2 , H 2 S, and COS contained in the gas stream.
- acid gases such as CO 2 , H 2 S, and COS contained in the gas stream.
- a 5 percent to 30 percent by weight alkanolamine solution e.g., a monoethanolamine solution
- the process is a continuous and cyclic one which can be reversed at higher temperatures by desorbing the acid gases from the alkanolamine solution.
- the US-A-3808140 claims a corrosion inhibited composition consisting essentially of an aqueous alkanolamine solution employed in acid gas removal service and an inhibiting amount of a combination of a V(V)-compound and an antimony compound. It further discloses that the choice of vanadium compound is not critical since it is the vanadium-containing anion, particularly vanadium in the plus 4 or 5 valence state which provides the corresion-inhibiting property in combination with antimony ions.
- the US-A-3896044 and 3959170 disclose the use as inhibitors in aqueous alkanolamine solutions used in acid gas removal of, inter alia, nitroaromatic acids and their salts and antimony compounds, stannous salts, organocompounds and V(IV)- or V(V)-compounds, but the US-A-3896044 claims a corrosion inhibitor selected from the class of nitro-substituted aromatic acids and nitro-substituted acid salts and the US-A3808140 claims a corrosion inhibitor in form of a stannous salt or mixtures thereof in an amount of 0.01 to 2 weight per cent based on the weight of the alkanolamine solution.
- a corrosion inhibitor comprising synergistic combinations of particular vanadium compounds wherein the vanadium therein is in the plus four or plus five valence state and an organic compound selected from the group consisting of nitro-substituted aromatic acids, nitro-substituted acid salts, 1,4-naphthoquinone, and mixtures thereof.
- the organic compound is preferably selected from the group consisting of p-nitrobenzoic acid, m-nitrobenzoic acid, 3,5-dinitrobenzoic acid, p-nitrophenol, m-nitrophenol, m-nitrobenzenesulfonic acid, 1,4-naphthoquinone and mixtures thereof.
- the inhibiting amounts of the vanadium compound and organic compound employed may each be less than the amount of vanadium compound or organic compound that when employed alone provides protection, although other beneficial results are believed to occur when the combination of these compounds is employed in higher concentrations.
- the corrosion inhibitors described herein are especially useful in aqueous monoethanolamine scrubbers employed for removing hydrogen sulfide and carbon dioxide in natural gas treating systems.
- vanadium compounds in this invention is not critical since it is the vanadium therein in the plus 4 or 5 valence state, preferably plus 5, which provides this unusual corrosion inhibiting property in combination with the organic compounds.
- vanadium compounds in this invention can employ V 2 0 5 , NaV0 3 , Na 3 V0 4 , KV0 3 , NH 4 V0 3 , VOCI 3 , VOS0 4 , VO 2 , VOCI 2 , the like and mixtures thereof.
- the organic compounds employed as corrosion inhibitors in combination with the aforementioned vanadium compounds are selected from the group consisting of nitro-substituted aromatic acids, nitro-substituted acid salts, and 1,4-naphthoquinone, and preferably selected from the group consisting of p-nitrobenzoic acid, m-nitrobenzoic acid, 3,5-dinitrobenzoic acid, p-nitrophenyl, m-nitrophenol, m-nitrobenzenesulfonic acid, 1,4-naphthoquinone, and mixtures thereof.
- the effect of concentration of inhibitor is generally monotonic, i.e., the inhibitor fails to provide protection from corrosion below a minimum concentration, while above this concentration it always provides protection.
- This critical concentration is referred to as the minimum effective concentration (hereinafter the m.e.c.) for the inhibitor.
- the m.e.c. for an individual inhibitor may be determined simply by testing the inhibitor at various concentrations to determine the minimum concentration required to provide protection. It has been found that the combination of the vanadium compounds and the organic compounds of this invention at concentrations below these minimum effective concentrations provides protection surprisingly superior to each one alone at the same concentration. Further, it is believed that when the vanadium compound(s) and organic compound(s) are employed in combination in an amount above their individual minimum effective concentrations that other advantageous results are obtained.
- the concentrations of the vanadium compounds and organic compounds may vary from 0.01 mM to 50 mM.
- the synergistic combinations of the particular vanadium compound and the organic compound are generally added in an amount to provide a concentration of from 0.01 mM to 1 mM for the vanadium compound and in an amount to provide a concentration of from 0.1 mM to 10 mM for the organic compound, and preferably in an inhibiting amount to provide a concentration for both the vanadium compound(s) and organic compound(s) less than each of their respective minimum effective concentrations.
- Alkanolamine systems which are benefited by the inclusion of the instant combined corrosion inhibitor are those mono- and polyalkanolamines having 2 to 4 carbon atoms per hydroxyalkyl group.
- Typical alkanolamines are monoethanolamine, diethanolamine, and monoisopropanolamine.
- the corrosion inhibitors of the instant invention were tested in monoethanolamine-water-carbon dioxide-hydrogen sulfide solutions because, while aqueous monoethanolamine solutions are not corrosive towards ferrous metals, when saturated with carbon dioxide and/or hydrogen sulfide they become quite corrosive to mild steel. It is thought that electro-chemical corrosion is involved with the anodic reaction expected to produce products such as ferrous hydroxide, ferrous carbonate, ferrous sulfide, or certain complexes.
- the ability of a given corrosion inhibitor to provide protection was determined by measuring the relative corrosion rate for the alkanolamine solution containing the inhibitor and by measuring the steel's potential at the end of the test to determine whether the steel was active or passive.
- the relative corrosion rate for a particular alkanolamine solution is the corrosion rate of the alkanolamine solution with the inhibitor divided by the corrosion rate of the alkanolamine solution without the inhibitor.
- the corrosion rate in each case is calculated by determining the weight loss of a metal sample after conducting the test for a given period of time.
- a relative corrosion rate greater than 0.5 ⁇ 0.1 is considered to indicate that the inhibitor failed to provide protection.
- the potential of the steel was measured at the end of each test.
- a potential more positive than about -500 mV at 20°C is considered to indicate that the steel is passive and that the inhibitor has provided protection.
- Heat transfer corrosion tests were conducted as follows: A circular coupon of cold-rolled mild steel 89 mm in diameter and 0.8 mm thick was cleaned and weighed. The coupon was then clamped to a borosilicate glass corrosion cell so as to form the bottom surface of the cell. The corrosion cell was charged with 30 percent by weight monoethanolamine solution saturated with carbon dioxide. Any residual air was purged from the cell with carbon dioxide. The steel coupon was made active by electrochemically reducing its air-formed passive film. Alternatively, if it is desired to have a passive steel coupon, this electrochemical reduction is omitted. A sample of 30 percent by weight monoethanolamine solution saturated with hydrogen sulfide is introduced anaerobically into the corrosion cell.
- the volume of this sample is about 25 percent of the volume of the monoethanolamine-carbon dioxide employed initially to charge the corrosion cell.
- the monoethanolamine saturated with hydrogen sulfide is prepared from carefully purified hydrogen sulfide to assure that sulfur, which might otherwise be an adventitious inhibitor, is not present).
- active steel is prepared under 30 percent monoethanolamine saturated with a mixture of about 20 percent by weight hydrogen sulfide and about 80 percent by weight carbon dioxide with the careful exclusion of oxygen, which might oxidize hydrogen sulfide to sulfur.
- the purging gas is now changed from carbon dioxide to a gas containing about 20 percent by volume hydrogen sulfide and about 80 percent by volume carbon dioxide.
- the corrosion cell is now ready to test the inhibition of cold active steel, and if this is desired test, the inhibitor is injected anaerobically and the cell is heated through the test coupon to reflux temperature.
- the inhibition of hot active steel may be tested by heating the corrosion cell to reflux prior to introduction of the inhibitor being tested.
- the mixed hydrogen sulfide and carbon dioxide purge gas is replaced by carbon dioxide and the cell is permitted to cool.
- the potential of the steel test coupon is then remeasured. The steel coupon is cleaned and corrosion rate is then calculated.
- the corrosion inhibitors of this invention are tested. Examples 1-24 were all conducted on hot active steel under hydrogen sulfide and carbon dioxide for twenty-four hours per the previously described procedure. In each example, the vanadium was added before adding the other inhibitor.
- the corrosion rate of uninhibited monoethanolamine-water-carbon dioxide-hydrogen sulfide solutions was initially determined by carrying out tests on twenty-nine steel coupons without adding a corrosion inhibitor. Each test coupon showed a weight loss that corresponded to a corrosion rate of 228.6 ⁇ 35 f lm/a in the one-day test and a corrosion rate of 104.1i25 am/a in the eight-day tests. These corrosion rates were employed to calculate the relative corrosion rates of all the examples in Tables I and II. These corrosion rates show that the efforts to exclude adventitious inhibitors from the tests were successful.
- the vanadium compound used in Examples 1-47 was either V 2 0, or NaV0 3 .
- Table I shows the results obtained by employing the combined corrosion inhibitors of the invention at concentrations where each inhibitor alone fails to provide protection but when employed together the combination provides protection.
- Examples 1-7 show the superior protection provided by the combined inhibitor.
- Examples 1-3 show vanadium (V) has an m.e.c. between 0.2 and 0.3 mM when used alone on hot active steel.
- Examples 4-6 show that the m.e.c. for p-nitrobenzoic acid is between 10 and 20 mM on hot active steel.
- Example 7 shows the superior protection that the combination of 0.1 mM vanadium (V) and 1.0 mM p-nitrobenzoic acid provides for hot active steel.
- Table II shows the protection realized with the vanadium (V)-p-nitrobenzoic acid combination. In addition, Table II shows that at concentrations in excess of those employed for the combined inhibitors that the individual additives failed to provide protection.
- Table II show that the combination of vanadium (V) and p-nitrobenzoic acid provides protection when the vanadium (V) is at a concentration of from 0.02 mM to 0.25 mM and when the p-nitrobenzoic acid is at a concentration of from 0.6 mM to 8.0 mM. When employed at these concentrations, the combination of vanadium (V) and p-nitrobenzoic acid provides protection even though the m.e.c. for each additive is not employed.
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- This invention relates to novel corrosion inhibitors for alkanolamine gas treating systems.
- Gases such as natural gas, flue gas, and synthesis gas have been purified by the utilization of aqueous alkanolamine solutions for the absorption of acid gases such as CO2, H2S, and COS contained in the gas stream. Ordinarily, a 5 percent to 30 percent by weight alkanolamine solution (e.g., a monoethanolamine solution), flowing countercurrently to the gas stream in an absoption column, is used to remove the acid gases. The process is a continuous and cyclic one which can be reversed at higher temperatures by desorbing the acid gases from the alkanolamine solution.
- When steel parts or components are used in such a system, they are subject to both general and local corrosive attack. This is a particular problem in reboilers and heat exchangers where the steel is exposed to a hot, protonated alkanolamine solution. A heat-transferring metal surface appears to be especially vulnerable. Previous investigations by others have revealed that under certain conditions, corrosive products such as aminoacetic; glycolic, oxalic, and formic acids were formed. The alkanolamine salts of these acids present the possibility of increased attack upon ferrous metals. Furthermore, the carbonate salt of monoethanolamine can be converted to additional products such as N-(2-hydroxyethyl)-ethylenediamine which has been found to increase the corrosiveness of the amine solution towards steel, particularly under heat transfer conditions.
- There are various alternatives available in order to decrease corrosion rates, among them (1) the provision of a side-stream reclaimer to remove corrosive degradation products, (2) the employment of more corrosion-resistant materials, (3) greater control of the process conditions, and (4) the inclusion of corrosion inhibitors. From both cost and efficiency standpoints, the last alternative is preferred.
- Various corrosion inhibitors have been suggested for inhibiting the corrosion of metals in contact with acid-gas absorbing media. For example:
- U.S. Patent 4,071,470 discloses a circulating absorbent medium method for inhibiting the corrosion of metals in contact therewith by introducing into said medium a product derived from the reaction of a monoalkanolamine at from about 21 °C to about 100°C, with a sulfur or a sulfide and an oxidizing agent, along with copper or a copper salt, sulfide or oxide, for from 0.1 to about 20 hours, until the resulting mixture is stable when diluted with water;
- U.S. Patent 4,096,085 discloses a corrosion inhibited aqueous N-methyldiethanolamine or diethanolamine acid gas treating solution consisting essentially of (1) an amine compound or mixture of amine compounds chosen from a particular class of amine compounds; said compound being present in about 10 to about 2000 parts per million parts treating solution; (2) copper or a copper ion yielding compound in from 0 to 1000 ppm; and (3) sulfur or a sulfur atom yielding compound in from 0 to 1000 ppm;
- U.S. Patents 4,100,099 and 4,100,100 disclose sour gas conditioning solutions. U.S. Patent 4,100,099 relates to a conditioning solution of a combination of one part by weight of a quaternary pyridinium salt and about 0.01-10 parts of a lower alkylenepolyamine, a corresponding polyalkylenepolyamine, or a mixture thereof wherein the alkylene units contain 2-3 carbon atoms. U.S. Patent 4,100,100 relates to a conditioning solution of a quaternary pyridinium salt and about 0.001-10 parts of a thio compound which is a water-soluble thiocyanate or an organic thioamide, and, in addition to the above, a small but effective amount of cobalt, said cobalt present as a dissolved divalent cobalt compound; and
- U.S. Patent 4,143,119 discloses corrosion inhibitor compositions for ferrous metal and its alloys for absorbent alkanolamine solutions in contact therewith wherein said compositions consist essentially of (a) a source of copper ion selected from the group consisting of copper metal, copper sulfide, and copper salts; (b) a source of sulfur atoms selected from the group consisting of 1) sulfur or 2) ,hydrogen sulfide and/or COS; and (c) an oxidizing agent which will produce in solution the sulfur atom and at least some polysulfide.
- The US-A-3808140 claims a corrosion inhibited composition consisting essentially of an aqueous alkanolamine solution employed in acid gas removal service and an inhibiting amount of a combination of a V(V)-compound and an antimony compound. It further discloses that the choice of vanadium compound is not critical since it is the vanadium-containing anion, particularly vanadium in the plus 4 or 5 valence state which provides the corresion-inhibiting property in combination with antimony ions. The US-A-3896044 and 3959170 disclose the use as inhibitors in aqueous alkanolamine solutions used in acid gas removal of, inter alia, nitroaromatic acids and their salts and antimony compounds, stannous salts, organocompounds and V(IV)- or V(V)-compounds, but the US-A-3896044 claims a corrosion inhibitor selected from the class of nitro-substituted aromatic acids and nitro-substituted acid salts and the US-A3808140 claims a corrosion inhibitor in form of a stannous salt or mixtures thereof in an amount of 0.01 to 2 weight per cent based on the weight of the alkanolamine solution.
- The above patents do not disclose the synergistic combination of this invention, i.e. the synergistic combination of an organic compound selected from the group consisting of nitro-substituted aromatic acids and nitro-substituted acid salts, 1,4-naphthoquinone and mixtures thereof, and particular vanadium compounds wherein the vanadium therein is in the plus four or plus five valence state.
- It has now been found that the corrosion of metallic surfaces by aqueous alkanolamine solutions employed in acid gas removal service, particularly when at least a portion of the acid gas is hydrogen sulfide, can be inhibited by an inhibiting amount of a corrosion inhibitor comprising synergistic combinations of particular vanadium compounds wherein the vanadium therein is in the plus four or plus five valence state and an organic compound selected from the group consisting of nitro-substituted aromatic acids, nitro-substituted acid salts, 1,4-naphthoquinone, and mixtures thereof. The organic compound is preferably selected from the group consisting of p-nitrobenzoic acid, m-nitrobenzoic acid, 3,5-dinitrobenzoic acid, p-nitrophenol, m-nitrophenol, m-nitrobenzenesulfonic acid, 1,4-naphthoquinone and mixtures thereof. The inhibiting amounts of the vanadium compound and organic compound employed may each be less than the amount of vanadium compound or organic compound that when employed alone provides protection, although other beneficial results are believed to occur when the combination of these compounds is employed in higher concentrations. The corrosion inhibitors described herein are especially useful in aqueous monoethanolamine scrubbers employed for removing hydrogen sulfide and carbon dioxide in natural gas treating systems.
- It has been found that in spite of the failure of the vanadium compounds and the organic compounds to individually provide protection at amounts below their individual inhibiting amounts that the combination of the two additives surprisingly provides protection at these concentrations.
- The choice of vanadium compounds in this invention is not critical since it is the vanadium therein in the plus 4 or 5 valence state, preferably plus 5, which provides this unusual corrosion inhibiting property in combination with the organic compounds. Thus, for example, one can employ V205, NaV03, Na3V04, KV03, NH4V03, VOCI3, VOS04, VO2, VOCI2, the like and mixtures thereof.
- The organic compounds employed as corrosion inhibitors in combination with the aforementioned vanadium compounds are selected from the group consisting of nitro-substituted aromatic acids, nitro-substituted acid salts, and 1,4-naphthoquinone, and preferably selected from the group consisting of p-nitrobenzoic acid, m-nitrobenzoic acid, 3,5-dinitrobenzoic acid, p-nitrophenyl, m-nitrophenol, m-nitrobenzenesulfonic acid, 1,4-naphthoquinone, and mixtures thereof.
- For an individual corrosion inhibitor the effect of concentration of inhibitor is generally monotonic, i.e., the inhibitor fails to provide protection from corrosion below a minimum concentration, while above this concentration it always provides protection. This critical concentration is referred to as the minimum effective concentration (hereinafter the m.e.c.) for the inhibitor. The m.e.c. for an individual inhibitor may be determined simply by testing the inhibitor at various concentrations to determine the minimum concentration required to provide protection. It has been found that the combination of the vanadium compounds and the organic compounds of this invention at concentrations below these minimum effective concentrations provides protection surprisingly superior to each one alone at the same concentration. Further, it is believed that when the vanadium compound(s) and organic compound(s) are employed in combination in an amount above their individual minimum effective concentrations that other advantageous results are obtained.
- The concentrations of the vanadium compounds and organic compounds may vary from 0.01 mM to 50 mM. The synergistic combinations of the particular vanadium compound and the organic compound are generally added in an amount to provide a concentration of from 0.01 mM to 1 mM for the vanadium compound and in an amount to provide a concentration of from 0.1 mM to 10 mM for the organic compound, and preferably in an inhibiting amount to provide a concentration for both the vanadium compound(s) and organic compound(s) less than each of their respective minimum effective concentrations.
- Alkanolamine systems which are benefited by the inclusion of the instant combined corrosion inhibitor are those mono- and polyalkanolamines having 2 to 4 carbon atoms per hydroxyalkyl group. Typical alkanolamines are monoethanolamine, diethanolamine, and monoisopropanolamine.
- The corrosion inhibitors of the instant invention were tested in monoethanolamine-water-carbon dioxide-hydrogen sulfide solutions because, while aqueous monoethanolamine solutions are not corrosive towards ferrous metals, when saturated with carbon dioxide and/or hydrogen sulfide they become quite corrosive to mild steel. It is thought that electro-chemical corrosion is involved with the anodic reaction expected to produce products such as ferrous hydroxide, ferrous carbonate, ferrous sulfide, or certain complexes.
- When hydrogen sulfide is present in the inhibited alkanolamine solution, it is believed to undergo a series of complex reactions which produce sulfur, which in these solutions exists at least partly as polysulfide. Sulfur form in the alkanolamine solution may also act as a passivator.
- The ability of a given corrosion inhibitor to provide protection was determined by measuring the relative corrosion rate for the alkanolamine solution containing the inhibitor and by measuring the steel's potential at the end of the test to determine whether the steel was active or passive. The relative corrosion rate for a particular alkanolamine solution is the corrosion rate of the alkanolamine solution with the inhibitor divided by the corrosion rate of the alkanolamine solution without the inhibitor. The corrosion rate in each case is calculated by determining the weight loss of a metal sample after conducting the test for a given period of time. A relative corrosion rate greater than 0.5±0.1 is considered to indicate that the inhibitor failed to provide protection. The potential of the steel was measured at the end of each test. A potential more positive than about -500 mV at 20°C is considered to indicate that the steel is passive and that the inhibitor has provided protection.
- Heat transfer corrosion tests were conducted as follows: A circular coupon of cold-rolled mild steel 89 mm in diameter and 0.8 mm thick was cleaned and weighed. The coupon was then clamped to a borosilicate glass corrosion cell so as to form the bottom surface of the cell. The corrosion cell was charged with 30 percent by weight monoethanolamine solution saturated with carbon dioxide. Any residual air was purged from the cell with carbon dioxide. The steel coupon was made active by electrochemically reducing its air-formed passive film. Alternatively, if it is desired to have a passive steel coupon, this electrochemical reduction is omitted. A sample of 30 percent by weight monoethanolamine solution saturated with hydrogen sulfide is introduced anaerobically into the corrosion cell. The volume of this sample is about 25 percent of the volume of the monoethanolamine-carbon dioxide employed initially to charge the corrosion cell. (The monoethanolamine saturated with hydrogen sulfide is prepared from carefully purified hydrogen sulfide to assure that sulfur, which might otherwise be an adventitious inhibitor, is not present). By this method, active steel is prepared under 30 percent monoethanolamine saturated with a mixture of about 20 percent by weight hydrogen sulfide and about 80 percent by weight carbon dioxide with the careful exclusion of oxygen, which might oxidize hydrogen sulfide to sulfur. The purging gas is now changed from carbon dioxide to a gas containing about 20 percent by volume hydrogen sulfide and about 80 percent by volume carbon dioxide. The corrosion cell is now ready to test the inhibition of cold active steel, and if this is desired test, the inhibitor is injected anaerobically and the cell is heated through the test coupon to reflux temperature. Alternatively, the inhibition of hot active steel may be tested by heating the corrosion cell to reflux prior to introduction of the inhibitor being tested. At the end of the test period, the mixed hydrogen sulfide and carbon dioxide purge gas is replaced by carbon dioxide and the cell is permitted to cool. The potential of the steel test coupon is then remeasured. The steel coupon is cleaned and corrosion rate is then calculated.
- The above-described test procedure was used to conduct the following Examples which are representative of the invention. Comparative Examples are provided. Failure of an inhibitor at a given concentration is indicated in Tables I and II by placing the concentrations of the inhibitor in parentheses.
- In these examples, the corrosion inhibitors of this invention are tested. Examples 1-24 were all conducted on hot active steel under hydrogen sulfide and carbon dioxide for twenty-four hours per the previously described procedure. In each example, the vanadium was added before adding the other inhibitor.
- The corrosion rate of uninhibited monoethanolamine-water-carbon dioxide-hydrogen sulfide solutions was initially determined by carrying out tests on twenty-nine steel coupons without adding a corrosion inhibitor. Each test coupon showed a weight loss that corresponded to a corrosion rate of 228.6±35 flm/a in the one-day test and a corrosion rate of 104.1i25 am/a in the eight-day tests. These corrosion rates were employed to calculate the relative corrosion rates of all the examples in Tables I and II. These corrosion rates show that the efforts to exclude adventitious inhibitors from the tests were successful.
- The vanadium compound used in Examples 1-47 was either V20, or NaV03.
- Table I shows the results obtained by employing the combined corrosion inhibitors of the invention at concentrations where each inhibitor alone fails to provide protection but when employed together the combination provides protection. Examples 1-7 show the superior protection provided by the combined inhibitor. Examples 1-3 show vanadium (V) has an m.e.c. between 0.2 and 0.3 mM when used alone on hot active steel. Examples 4-6 show that the m.e.c. for p-nitrobenzoic acid is between 10 and 20 mM on hot active steel. Example 7 shows the superior protection that the combination of 0.1 mM vanadium (V) and 1.0 mM p-nitrobenzoic acid provides for hot active steel. Similar results are shown in Examples 8-24 for vanadium (V) in combination with m-nitrophenol, m-nitrobenzenesulfonic acid, 1,4-naphthoquinone, p-nitrophenol, m-nitrobenzoic acid, and 3,5-dinitrobenzoic acid.
- In these examples, the inhibiting effect of the combination of vanadium (V) and p-nitrobenzoic acid was evaluated by the above-described general procedure, except that the heat transfer tests were carried out for eight days, i.e., 192 hours.
- Table II shows the protection realized with the vanadium (V)-p-nitrobenzoic acid combination. In addition, Table II shows that at concentrations in excess of those employed for the combined inhibitors that the individual additives failed to provide protection.
- The examples in Table II show that the combination of vanadium (V) and p-nitrobenzoic acid provides protection when the vanadium (V) is at a concentration of from 0.02 mM to 0.25 mM and when the p-nitrobenzoic acid is at a concentration of from 0.6 mM to 8.0 mM. When employed at these concentrations, the combination of vanadium (V) and p-nitrobenzoic acid provides protection even though the m.e.c. for each additive is not employed.
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