Microbially influenced corrosion: Towards an interdisciplinary perspective on mechanisms

By B. Little, J. Hinks, D. Blackwood. International Biodeterioration & Biodegradation, 2020

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Abstract A perspective is provided on mechanisms for microbially influenced corrosion by sulfate-reducing bacteria and metal-oxidizing bacteria. The authors discuss the confusion introduced by cross-disciplinary discussions of MIC mechanisms and the divergent terminologies used by microbiologists and electrochemists, e.g. “anaerobic” and “direct electron transfer.” Examination of the cathodic depolarization theory for corrosion of carbon steel by sulfate-reducing bacteria suggests that the theory cannot explain the observations. Stainless steels containing

Subfields: Civil and Structural Engineering, Environmental Engineering, Materials Chemistry

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