Avantium introduces corrosion assessment technology

Published: 24 Dec 2008 01:37:30 PST

Based upon its proprietary Nanoflow technology, The Netherlands-based Avantium Technologies BV has developed a new tool that allows the quantitative analysis of deterioration of metals due to corrosive liquids.

According to the company, the most distinctive feature of Avantium's corrosion measurement equipment is that, it combines the use of a short residence time of the liquid at elevated temperatures with a closed loop system. Further, in this technology, smaller quantities of liquids are needed, and that degradation of corrosive species (for example, organic acids) at elevated temperature is decreased. Avantium has made the technology available to customers, who are interested in analysing the corrosivity of their feeds or assessing the corrosion behaviour of metals, coatings or other materials.