High-Temperature Corrosion of T92 Steel in N2/H2O/H2S-Mixed Gas

The ASTM T92 steel was corroded at $600^{\circ}C$ and $800^{\circ}C$ at 1 atm of $N_2/3.1%H_2O/2.42%H_2S-mixed$ gas. The formed scales were thick and fragile. They consisted primarily of the outer FeS scale and the inner (FeS, $FeCr_2S_4$)-mixed scale containing a small amount of the $Cr_2O_3$ scale. This indicated that corrosion occurred mainly via sulfidation rather than oxidation due to the $H_2S$ gas. Since FeS was present throughout the whole scale, T92 steel was non-protective, displaying high corrosion rates.