🛠Corrosion inhibitors are chemicals that, when added in small amounts to a hostile environment, reduce the rate of attack on a material such as a metal.
🛠The corrosion inhibitor slows down the rate at which a metal in that environment corrodes.
🛠Passivation, poisoning, precipitation, and adsorption on the surface are the ways by which corrosion inhibitors prevent metal corrosion.
🛠Inhibitors are used internally with carbon steel pipes and vessels as an economic corrosion control alternative to stainless steels and alloys, coatings, or nonmetallic composites and can often be implemented without disrupting a process.
🛠The major industries that use corrosion inhibitors are oil and gas exploration and production, petroleum refining, chemical manufacturing, heavy manufacturing, water treatment, and the product additive industries.
🛠If you are working with a biological agent, concentrations and/or expiration dates may need to be altered.
🛠The Institutional Biosafety Committee (IBC) will review this information in your IBC application.
🛠Remember to follow the manufacturer’s recommendations for the use of the material and the expected shelf life for stock solutions.
🛠Best practice is to label stock bottles with the date of purchase, as well as the calculated expiration date.
🛠A current MSDS for the material should also be readily available near the location where the material is stored and used.
🛠Standard laboratory personal protective equipment should be worn while working with these materials (this includes lab coat, gloves, close-toed shoes, and goggles when a splash risk is present).
🛠The contact time necessary when using for a biological spill is still at a minimum 10 minutes.
