William Durnie

1.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
32 papers, 963 citations indexed

About

William Durnie is a scholar working on Materials Chemistry, Analytical Chemistry and Organic Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, William Durnie has authored 32 papers receiving a total of 963 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 20 papers in Materials Chemistry, 12 papers in Analytical Chemistry and 11 papers in Organic Chemistry. Recurrent topics in William Durnie's work include Corrosion Behavior and Inhibition (19 papers), Petroleum Processing and Analysis (12 papers) and Concrete Corrosion and Durability (11 papers). William Durnie is often cited by papers focused on Corrosion Behavior and Inhibition (19 papers), Petroleum Processing and Analysis (12 papers) and Concrete Corrosion and Durability (11 papers). William Durnie collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Australia. William Durnie's co-authors include Brian Kinsella, Roland De Marco, Alan Jefferson, Richard Woollam, Yakun Zhu, Michael L. Free, Tony Jefferson, M. A. Gough, Marc Wilms and Anthony C. Crawford and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of The Electrochemical Society, Progress in Materials Science and Corrosion Science.

In The Last Decade

William Durnie

28 papers receiving 898 citations

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A review of surfactants as corrosion inhibitors and associated modeling

2017 307 citations Yakun Zhu, Michael L. Free et al. Progress in Materials Science profile →

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Q.H. Zhang China

A.S. El-Tabei Egypt

E.A. Khamis Egypt

G.Y. Zhu China

Nadia Dkhireche Morocco

M. Galicia Mexico

Emeka E. Oguzie Nigeria

Tarun Kanti Sarkar India

Ehteram A. Noor Saudi Arabia

Q.H. Zhang China

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All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

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Barker, Richard, Richard Woollam, & William Durnie. (2025). Implications of Physical and Chemical Environment on the Distribution of Corrosion Inhibitor Surfactant Components and Mixtures. 1–19.

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Owen, Joshua, et al.. (2024). Effect of brine salinity on the partitioning, distribution and corrosion inhibition performance of a quaternary amine corrosion inhibitor. Journal of Pipeline Science and Engineering. 4(3). 100181–100181. 1 indexed citations

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Durnie, William, et al.. (2024). It’s Stainless Steel, We Don’t Need to Worry…Right?. Materials performance. 63(5). 46–49. 1 indexed citations

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Barker, Richard, et al.. (2024). Unravelling Surfactant Partitioning: Part 2 - Experimental Study of Multi-Component Surfactant Partitioning Responses and Their Influence on Inhibition Performance. 1–16.

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Owen, Joshua, et al.. (2024). Surfactant Corrosion Inhibitor Adsorption and Desorption Kinetics in Aqueous CO2-Containing Environments. 1–15.

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Vera, José, et al.. (2021). On the Adsorption Properties of Non-Surfactant Corrosion Inhibitors: Pyridine, Quinoline and Acridine. 1–15. 1 indexed citations

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Frankel, G. S., et al.. (2021). Galvanic Interactions Between Fe Electrodes in CO2-Saturated Solutions with Different pH. CORROSION. 77(11). 1203–1217. 4 indexed citations

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Li, Xiaoji, et al.. (2019). Correlation between Critical Micelle Concentration and CO2 Corrosion Inhibition Efficiency of Imidazoline Surfactants. 1–15. 1 indexed citations

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Vargas, Silvia, et al.. (2017). Effect of Nitrate on Carbon Steel Corrosion. SPE International Conference on Oilfield Chemistry. 1 indexed citations

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Zhu, Yakun, Michael L. Free, Richard Woollam, & William Durnie. (2017). A review of surfactants as corrosion inhibitors and associated modeling. Progress in Materials Science. 90. 159–223. 307 indexed citations breakdown →

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Woollam, Richard, et al.. (2013). Localized Corrosion Due to Galvanic Coupling between Fes-Covered and Uncovered Areas: Another Oilfield Myth?. 1–21. 8 indexed citations

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Durnie, William, et al.. (2006). Our Water Chemistry Contains Organic Acids—So What Does It Mean?.

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Durnie, William & D. Harrop. (2006). Our Water Chemistry Contains Organic Acids—So What Does It Mean?. 1 indexed citations

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Binks, Bernard P., et al.. (2005). Comparison of the Effects of Air, Carbon Dioxide and Hydrogen Sulphide on Corrosion of a Low Carbon Steel under Water and Its Inhibition by a Quaternary Ammonium Salt. 1–12. 1 indexed citations

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Wilms, Marc, et al.. (2005). Test Methodologies and Field Verification of Corrosion Inhibitors to Address under Deposit Corrosion in Oil and Gas Production Systems. CORROSION. 1–24. 50 indexed citations

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Durnie, William. (2004). Modeling the Functional Behavior of Corrosion Inhibitors. CORROSION. 85(1-2). 81–5. 1 indexed citations

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Durnie, William, Roland De Marco, Alan Jefferson, & Brian Kinsella. (2003). In situ SERS study of the adsorption of inhibitors of carbon dioxide corrosion. Surface and Interface Analysis. 35(6). 536–543. 14 indexed citations

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Durnie, William & M. A. Gough. (2003). Characterization, Isolation and Performance Characteristics of Imidazolines. Part II. Development of Structure - Activity Relationships. 1–14. 2 indexed citations

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Marco, Roland De, William Durnie, Tony Jefferson, & Brian Kinsella. (2001). Surface Analysis of Adsorbed Carbon Dioxide Corrosion Inhibitors. CORROSION. 57(1). 9–18. 22 indexed citations

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Durnie, William, Roland De Marco, Alan Jefferson, & Brian Kinsella. (1999). Development of a Structure‐Activity Relationship for Oil Field Corrosion Inhibitors. Journal of The Electrochemical Society. 146(5). 1751–1756. 330 indexed citations

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