As time goes by, the consumption of oil by humanity has been increasing progressively, this being one of the most used energy sources in the world today. For prospecting and subsequent refining and distribution of this mineral oil, large pipes and other components are used in the oil industry, generally made of metallic materials such as steel. Among the main steels used are stainless steels, which are alloys t...
The pre-salt region is very hostile to the materials used in such environment due to some factors found under the pre-salt layer such as: corrosive gases, oil formation water, high pressures and so on. In order to evaluate only the effect of the oil field formation water on the corrosion resistance of austenitic stainless steels in such environment, two austenitic and two superaustenitic stainless steels were t...