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CORROSION QUIZ
PLEASE TICK THE RIGHT BOX (only one answer)

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What is happening when iron and Aluminium are connected in seawater?

Iron will corrode, Aluminium will not

Iron will corrode, Aluminium will also corrode

Aluminium will corrode, iron will not

Both metals do not corrode

What is the reason for painting topside piping in stainless steel in

corrosive marine atmosphere?

To protect them against bacteria corrosion

To protect against galvanic corrosion

To protect them against atmospheric corrosion

To prevent their passivation

The coating of buried pipes is necessary:

For decreasing the current demand on the cathodic protection system

For increasing the pipe potential

For decreasing the pipe potential

For preventing interference problems

In wet gas lines, what is the most significant internal corrosion risk:

Microbial influenced Corrosion (MIC)

Galvanic corrosion

CO2 corrosion

Crevice corrosion

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How are corrosion inhibitors acting?

By filming the coupons and probes

By filming the internal pipe surface

By reacting with the carbon dioxide

By filming the corrosive ions of the solution

To obtain the best adhesion of the paint to the metal surface:

It is enough to brush the surface

It is enough to have a surface cleanliness of Sa 21/2

The surface cleanliness and surface roughness must both be as per specification

The adhesion of a paint depends only on the paint characteristics

Corrosion monitoring by coupons and probes allow the operator:

To estimate the service life of the equipment

To measure the corrosion rate of the pipe

To evaluate the efficiency of the corrosion inhibitor

To check if the line is in good condition

For the measurement of pipe potential, the reference electrode should

be:

Cu/CuSO4 for onshore lines

Magnesium anode for both onshore and offshore lines

Ag/AgCl for onshore buried lines

Cu/CuSO4 for offshore lines

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To prevent corrosion under thermal insulation, stainless steels must be:

Painted

Passivated

Cathodically protected.

Electrically isolated

For the painting of the stainless steels, the surface preparation can be
done using as abrasive:

Steel grit

Sand

A mix of steel and mineral grit

Mineral grit

On an offshore platform the most critical area, from a corrosion point of

view, is:

Atmospheric zone of the platform

Splash zone

Immersed zone

Buried section (below the mud line)

A corrosion monitoring system will be installed at the end of an oil line,

the best location for the bio-probe installation is:

Top of the line

Vertical section of the line

Bottom of the line

The coldest location along line

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Before application of the paint, the relative humidity is 75 %:

The paint can be applied without any other control

It will be enough if the metal temperature is measured as well

Atmospheric temperature and metal temperature should be measured as well.

The relative humidity is too high for paint application

The primer used for the three layer polypropylene is:

Liquid Epoxy

Polyurethane

Fusion bonded epoxy

Polyethylene

The internal galvanic corrosion of a CS/SS flange is reduced by:

Painting the C Steel

Painting the Stainless Steel

Installing isolating joint

Doing a weld overlay in stainless steel on the CS flange face.

What facilitates pitting (corrosion) of stainless steel in humid marine

atmosphere?

Carbon dioxide

Bacteria

Chlorides

Water

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To prevent corrosion-erosion in the lines, during the design it is

necessary to consider:

The lowest velocity expected in the line

The possibility to apply a paint on the welds

The maximum velocity acceptable for the considered diameter

To evaluate the critical velocity for water/oil separation

Some Inspection results like ultrasonic thickness measurements can be

used:

To monitor corrosion

To predict type of corrosion

To determine inhibitor dosage to be used

To verify corrosion / erosion detected by monitoring

The presence of H2S may induce:

Hydrogen Induced Cracking of some nickel alloys

Sulphide Stress Cracking of low hardness materials

Stress Corrosion Cracking of carbon steels

Sulphide Stress Cracking of hard carbon steels

Corrosion Management consists in:

Asking production to inject and control chemicals

Assessing corrosion likelihood, define mitigation actions, monitor, and report.

Requesting to be in copy of all inspection data

Calling TDO/TEC/COR at TOTAL HQ as soon as a leak occurs