The present invention relates to a method for providing corrosion protection to a pressurized water-steam system using N-acylsarcosines or a salt thereof in very low amounts and to a method for determining the concentration of an N-acylsarcosine in an aqueous solution or emulsion.

A water-based composition for post-treatment of metal surfaces, preferably a silver or silver alloy surface, including: an alkanethiol an anionic, cationic, non-ionic, amphoteric or zwitterionic surfactant with a HLB value of 12 to 18, a compound of the general formula I:

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wherein R.sub.1 is H, CH.sub.3, C.sub.2H.sub.5, (C.sub.2H.sub.4O).sub.pH, (C.sub.2H.sub.4O).sub.pCH.sub.3, (C.sub.2H.sub.4O).sub.pCH(CH.sub.3).sub.2, (C.sub.2H.sub.4).sub.pC(CH.sub.3).sub.3, wherein p is 1 to 20, R.sub.2 is H, or CH.sub.3 n is an integer in the range of 0 to 3, m is an integer in the range of 0 to 2.

Disclosed herein are sulfur-functional tall oil compositions, referred to herein as S-TO compositions. The S-TO is a sulfur-functional tall oil fatty amide composition, or sulfur-functional tall oil phosphate ester composition. Also disclosed herein are S-TO concentrates, which are stable and do not degrade to form H.sub.2S under standard storage conditions for a period of 1 day to 5 years. Also disclosed herein are treated water sources and treated metal containments including one or more S-TO compositions. The S-TO compositions inhibit corrosion of a metal containments contacted with one or more water sources, wherein the one or more water sources comprise one or more corrodents. The S-TO compositions are as effective or more effective at inhibiting corrosion than conventional sulfur-based corrosion inhibitors when compared on a weight basis.

Corrosion inhibitor blends including one or more ether compounds, one or more quaternary ammonium compounds, and one or more fatty acid amine condensates are disclosed. The corrosion inhibitor blends can be used in methods of inhibiting corrosion of a metallic surface in a geothermal process. In one method, an effective amount of a corrosion inhibitor blend may be added to a production well in a geothermal process. In another method, an effective amount of a corrosion inhibitor blend may be added to a geothermal medium, which could be, for example, steam or liquid brine.

The invention relates to corrosion-inhibiting substance combinations capable of evaporation or sublimation, containing at least: (1) substituted 1,4-benzoquinone, (2) aromatic or alicyclic substituted carbamate, (3) polysubstituted phenol, and (4) monosubstituted pyrimidine. These combinations preferably include 1-30 mass % of component (1), 5-40 mass % of component (2), 2-20 mass % of component (3), and 0.5-10 mass % of component (4), each relating to the total quantity of the substance combination. The components can be provided mixed together or dispersed in water, or also pre-mixed in solubilizer that can be mixed with mineral oils and synthetic oils, preferably an arylalkylether alcohol such as, e.g., phenoxyethanol. Such substance combinations can be used as vapor phase corrosion inhibitors in packaging or during storage in closed spaces for protecting common commodity metals such as iron, chrome, nickel, aluminum, copper and their alloys as well as galvanized steels, against atmospheric corrosion.

A method of inhibiting corrosion of metal in contact with a corrosive mixture in an oil or gas field environment involving introducing a corrosion inhibitor composition into the corrosive mixture, the corrosion inhibitor composition including a nitrogen-containing compound having an alkyl amine group or an alkyl quaternary ammonium salt group, and at least one sulfur-containing compound selected from the group consisting of mercaptobenzothiazole, mercaptobenzoimidazole, a thioglycol compound, and a thiourea compound.

The present invention relates to a method for providing corrosion protection to a pressurized water-steam system using N-acylsarcosines or a salt thereof in very low amounts and to a method for determining the concentration of an N-acylsarcosine in an aqueous solution or emulsion.

Polymers are provided for use in inhibiting gas hydrate formation and/or corrosion in hydrocarbon-containing fluids. The polymer comprises repeat units derived from a first monomer comprising N-[3-(dibutylamino)propyl]methacrylamide (DBAPAMA) or an alkyl, acetyl, acryloyl or benzyl quaternary salt thereof, N-[3-(diisobutyl)propyl]methacrylamide or an alkyl, acetyl, acryloyl or benzyl quaternary salt thereof, N-[3-(diisopentyl)propyl]methacrylamide or an alkyl, acetyl, acryloyl or benzyl quaternary salt thereof, or a combination thereof; and repeat units derived from a second monomer comprising acrylamide, N-alkylacrylamide, N-alkyl (alkyl)acrylamide, ((dialkylamino)alkyl)acrylamide or an alkyl or benzyl quaternary salt thereof, ((dialkylamino)alkyl)alkylacrylamide or an alkyl or benzyl quaternary salt thereof, acrylic acid, alkyl acrylate, N,N-(dialkylamino)alkyl acrylate or an alkyl or benzyl quaternary salt thereof, N,N-(dialkylamino)alkyl (alkyl)acrylate or an alkyl or benzyl quaternary salt thereof, hydroxyalkyl acrylate, hydroxyalkyl (alkyl)acrylate, acrylamido alkyl sulfonic acid or a salt thereof, a diallyl dialkyl quaternary ammonium salt, or a combination thereof. The second monomer does not comprise the first monomer.

Imidazoline functionalized oxidized fatty substance emulsifiers are made by obtaining a fatty substance composition; performing an oxidative oligomerization of the fatty substance composition to produce an oxidized fatty substance composition comprising from about 10 to about 75% by weight of oligomeric fatty acid components based on the total weight of fatty acid containing components in the composition; reacting the oxidized fatty substance composition with a polyamine comprising at least one ethylene diamine functional group with at least three hydrogens attached to the two nitrogens to form an aminoethylamido functionalized oxidized fatty substance composition; and forming an imidazoline functionalized oxidized fatty substance emulsifier from the aminoethylamido functionalized oxidized fatty substance composition. Such compositions are particularly useful in asphalt applications and corrosion inhibition.

The invention relates to a composition comprising a) at least one N-methyl-N-acylglucamine of formula (I), wherein R.sup.1 represents a linear or branched, saturated or unsaturated hydrocarbon chain with 7 to 21 carbon atoms, one or more organic acids of formula (II) and/or the salts thereof, R.sup.2COOM, wherein R.sup.2 represents a linear or branched alkyl group or a linear or branched mono- or poly-unsaturated alkenyl group with 5 to 29 carbon atoms, and M represents hydrogen or one or more cations, wherein the cations are present in charge-equalizing amounts, and c) one or more alkanolamines of formula (III), wherein NR.sup.1R.sup.2R.sup.3R.sup.1, R.sup.2 and R.sup.3 represent hydrogen, a linear or branched alkyl group with 1 to 4 carbon atoms, a cycloalkyl group with 5 to 7 carbon atoms, a linear or branched hydroxyalkyl group with 2 to 5 carbon atoms and 1 or 2 hydroxy groups or a hydroxyether group with 2 to 6 carbon atoms, with the provision that at least one of the groups is a hydroxyalkyl group or a hydroxyether group. ##STR00001##