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Environmentally improved acid corrosion inhibitor

US5854180A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateMar 24, 1998
Grant dateDec 29, 1998
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Expiry dateMar 24, 2018

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  • Technology area (CPC C)Chemistry; Metallurgy
  • CPC primaryC23F11/04
  • WIPO fieldBasic materials chemistry
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

Corrosion is inhibited in hydrochloric acid solutions used to acidize wells, by adding to the solutions a corrosion inhibiting composition comprising cinnamaldehyde or a substituted cinnamaldehyde together with a reaction product of a C.sub.3-6 ketone such as acetophenone, thiourea or a related compound, formaldehyde and hydrochloric acid.

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