Microbiologically influenced corrosion on rails

Current Science

Volumn 100, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 870-880

  Maruthamuthu, S ^a   Nagendran, T ^a   Anandkumar, B ^b   Karthikeyan, M S ^a   Palaniswamy, N ^a   Narayanan, G ^c  

^a CENTRAL ELECTROCHEMICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

^b INDIRA GANDHI CENTRE FOR ATOMIC RESEARCH   (India)

^c Southern Railway Hospital India   (India)

Author keywords

Atmospheric corrosion; Bacterial corrosion; Rail corrosion; Ureolytic bacteria

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); GALLIONELLACEAE;

EID: 79953103956     PISSN: 00113891     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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