Mechanisms of long-term anaerobic corrosion of iron archaeological artefacts in seawater

Corrosion Science

Volumn 51, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 2932-2941

  Remazeilles C ^a   Neff, D ^b   Kergourlay, F ^b,c   Foy, E ^b   Conforto, E ^a   Guilminot, E ^d   Reguer, S ^c   Refait, Ph ^a   Dillmann, Ph ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE LA ROCHELLE   (France)

^b CEA SACLAY   (France)

^c SYNCHROTRON SOLEIL   (France)

^d Arc'Antique   (France)

Author keywords

A. Archaeological artefacts; A. Steel; C. Marine corrosion; C. Rust; C. Sulphate reducing bacteria

Indexed keywords

A. ARCHAEOLOGICAL ARTEFACTS; ANAEROBIC CORROSION; ARCHAEOLOGICAL ARTEFACTS; CORROSION PRODUCTS; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; HYDROXYCHLORIDE; MACKINAWITE; MARINE CORROSION; MICRO-SCALES; NANOCRYSTALLINES; SULPHATE REDUCING BACTERIA; THERMODYNAMIC MODELLING;

BACTERIOLOGY; ELECTROCHEMICAL CORROSION; SEAWATER; SEAWATER CORROSION; SULFUR;

IRON;

EID: 72149084124     PISSN: 0010938X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.corsci.2009.08.022     Document Type: Article

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