PURPOSE: To obtain an effective corrosion preventing effect for a metal material of a device and to realize an industrial process to handle org. sulfonic acid by using copper ion as a corrosion inhibitor to be coexistent with the org. sulfonic acid to be handled in the device.
CONSTITUTION: Copper ion is made to coexist in an aq. soln. containing org. sulfonic acid in such a device that the org. sulfonic acid is handled, especially, in a device to produce alcohols by hydration of olefins using the org. sulfonic acid as a catalyst. By this method, the corrosion rate of the metal material of the device can be largely decreased. Thus, a process to handle an org. sulfonic acid soln. can be performed by using an inexpensive corrosion inhibitor and inexpensive material such as stainless steel without causing corrosion.
NAKAMURA KAZUHIRO
NODA TOSHIKI
WASHIYAMA TOMOHIRO
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