The present disclosure relates to agents, compositions, and methods for inhibiting corrosion in various substrates, for example in metal substrates. The present disclosure also relates to compositions for inhibiting corrosion comprising at least one organic heterocyclic compound and at least one metal salt or mixed metal salt selected from rare earth, alkali earth and transition metals.

Multifunctional surfactants useful in, for example, in the oil and gas industry, are provided. In some embodiments, the multifunctional surfactants include at least one amide group and at least one thiol group in the same molecule. In some embodiments, the methods include contacting a metal surface with at least one multifunctional additive that includes at least one amide group and at least one thiol group in the same molecule; and allowing the multifunctional additive to interact with at least a portion of the metal surface.

The present invention concerns the use of at least one compound A comprising at least one SH or S.sup., M.sup.+ group, at least one C-G-C chain, in which G represents an atom from column 16 of the periodic table, not comprising a carboxy group C(O)OH or C(O)O.sup., and of a molar mass of between 90 g.Math.mol.sup.1 and 1000 g.Math.mol.sup.1, as an additive in a formulation inhibiting corrosion in metals used in the oil industry, and more generally in any kind of industry involving the drilling of ores or fossil compounds, such as gas or oil, in order to improve both the anti-corrosion performance and the storage stability of same. The invention also concerns said corrosion-inhibiting formulations comprising at least one compound A.

Graphene quantum dots are functionalized by covalently bonding a corrosion inhibitor molecule thereto. In a useful method, a corrosion inhibitor compound is blended with a graphene quantum dot-tagged corrosion inhibitor compound, and the blend is applied to a metal surface, such as the interior of a carbon steel pipe. The blend inhibits corrosion arising from contact with produced water generated by hydrocarbon recovery from one or more subterranean reservoirs. The produced water having the blend dispersed therein is irradiated with a source of light having a selected first range of wavelengths, and the luminescent emission of the graphene quantum dot-tagged corrosion inhibitor is measured at a selected second range of wavelengths, thereby providing for real-time measurement of corrosion inhibitor concentration within the pipe.

The present disclosure is directed to methods, systems and apparatuses for predictively selecting plant extracts for their inclusion in formulations to imparting anti-corrosion properties to coatings for aluminum, aluminum alloys, copper and copper alloys.

Disclosed are compositions including one or more corrosion inhibitors, one or more solvents and one or more Log P additives. The compositions are useful as corrosion inhibitors for use in the petroleum industry wherein the compositions are stable, pumpable, and pourable at temperatures as low as 40 C. and as high as 60 C.

Disclosed herein are sulfur-functional corrosion inhibitors that are adducts of a cyclic anhydride with 2-mercaptoethanol. Concentrates of the sulfur-functional corrosion inhibitors do not degrade to form H.sub.2S under standard storage conditions for a period of up to 5 years. Also disclosed herein are treated water sources and treated metal containments including one or more sulfur-functional corrosion inhibitors. The sulfur-functional corrosion inhibitors inhibit corrosion of metal containments contacted with one or more water sources, wherein the one or more water sources comprise one or more corrodents. The sulfur-functional corrosion inhibitors are as effective or more effective at inhibiting corrosion than conventional sulfur-based corrosion inhibitors when compared on a weight or a volume basis.

Provided are conducting members for fuel cells obtained by applying a protective film forming agent to a surface-treated base material having a base material and at least one alloy plating layer formed on the base material in order to form a protective film on the alloy plating layer, and thereafter subjecting the surface-treated base material to an acid treatment. In the conducting members for fuel cells of the present invention, the protective film forming agent preferably contains a mixture of a compound having a thiol group and an azole-based compound, and/or an azole-based compound having a thiol group. In the conducting members for fuel cells of the present invention, the acid treatment is preferably a treatment using sulfuric acid or nitric acid.

This disclosure is directed to the use of a portable Surface Enhance Raman Spectroscopy method to detect, quantify, and/or monitor corrosion inhibitors that are present in fluids in a wide range of concentrations in order to manage corrosion treatment in oil and gas production and refining systems or other industrial systems and to reduce the amount of time spent in obtaining data that is reliable and useful for corrosion control.

The present disclosure relates to agents, compositions, and methods for inhibiting corrosion in various substrates, for example in metal substrates. The present disclosure also relates to compositions for inhibiting corrosion comprising at least one organic heterocyclic compound and at least one metal salt or mixed metal salt selected from rare earth, alkali earth and transition metals.