Round tensile specimens of CRAs [Alloy 904L (UNS N 08904), alloy 28 (UNS N08028), alloy 31
(UNS N08031), alloy 825 (UNS N 08825), alloy 625 (UNS N 06625) and alloy 59 (UNS N 06059) with
a weld in the test section were tested for 720 h under 90% of actual yield strength in contact with
elemental sulfur (on the whole test section) and fully submerged in oxygen-free brine (partly in the
presence of oil-based inhibited sulfur solvent) at 50 and 100°C under highly sour conditions. None of the
test specimens suffered from any visual corrosion attack. Corrosion rates calculated from surface related
mass losses were in all cases far below 0.1 mm/y. The highest uniform corrosion rates were observed at
Alloy 28/UNS N 08028 (0.08 mm/y) and Alloy 31/UNS N08031 (0.04 mm/y) in pure brine at 100°C. In
all other corrosion systems the uniform corrosion rates of all alloys ranged below 0.02 mm/y. The paper
also discusses basic methodologies of corrosion testing in the presence of elemental sulfur.
Keywords: elemental sulfur, corrosion resistant alloys, hydrogen sulfide, sour gas, brine, inhibitors,
tensile testing, corrosion testing