Temporary read-only version. The degremont® Water Handbook is temporarily available as a static website: account creation, login, search and bookmarks are unavailable.Temporary read-only version: account, search and bookmarks unavailable.

high temperature passivating of iron using magnetite

Reading time:

Carbon steel has excellent resistance at high temperature heat exchange properties. However, it can be used to construct steam generators because it forms a protective layer of magnetite under conditions prevailing in boilers: high temperature, high pH and low levels of dissolved oxygen.