Sulphate-reducing bacterial activity as a parameter to predict localized corrosion of stainless alloys

Corrosion Science

Volumn 42, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 897-912

  Angell, P ^a   Urbanic, K ^a  

^a ATOMIC ENERGY OF CANADA LIMITED   (Canada)

Author keywords

Microbially influenced corrosion; Modelling; Stainless alloys; Sulphate reducing bacteria

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; CARBON; COMPOSITION EFFECTS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GROWTH KINETICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; METAL TESTING; NITROGEN; PITTING; SULFUR COMPOUNDS;

MICROBIALLY-INFLUENCED CORROSION (MIC); STAINLESS ALLOYS; SULFATE;

HEAT EXCHANGERS;

ALLOY; CORROSION; KINETICS; MODELING; STAINLESS STEEL;

EID: 0034051930     PISSN: 0010938X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0010-938X(99)00116-X     Document Type: Article

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