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Corrosion behavior of steel A3 under the combined effect of Streptomyces and Nocardia sp

  • Song Mei Li*
  • , Yuan Yuan Zhang
  • , Ru Bing Bai
  • , Jian Hua Liu
  • , Mei Yu
  • *Corresponding author for this work
  • Beihang University

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Abstract

The weight loss method, electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS) and surface analysis methods were employed to investigate the corrosion behavior of steel A3 under the combined effect of Streptomyces and Nocardia sp. Results showed that the combined effect of Streptomyces and Nocardia sp markedly increased the corrosion tendency of steel A3, decreased the impedance value and increased the corrosion current density of the electrode after 21 days of exposure. Corrosion mass loss rate in the mixed colonies solution was more than the sum of the loss rate for each individual microorganism. Scanning electron microscopy (SEM) results indicated that localized corrosion occurred on the steel A3 coupon immersed in the mixed colonies solution. The combined effect of Streptomyces and Nocardia sp aggravated the corrosion of steel A3.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)921-927
Number of pages7
JournalWuli Huaxue Xuebao/ Acta Physico - Chimica Sinica
Volume25
Issue number5
DOIs
StatePublished - May 2009

Keywords

  • Electrochemical impedance spectroscopy
  • Microbiologically influenced corrosion
  • Mixed colony
  • Nocardia sp
  • Polarization curve
  • Streptomyces

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