Abstract
Recently interest has focused on understanding the relationship between heterogeneous nucleation and growth on pipeline surfaces because scale adhesion is recognised as a much more serious issue than homogeneous bulk precipitation. In an earlier study it was shown that formation of an inhibitor film on a metal surface was affected by the presence of certain cations, inhibitor concentration and electrode potential. The inhibitor film has a beneficial effect in preventing scale formation from a supersaturated solution.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 51-53 |
| Number of pages | 3 |
| Journal | Journal of Petroleum Technology |
| Volume | 54 |
| Issue number | 12 |
| Publication status | Published - Dec 2002 |