Sulfate-reducing bacteria lower sulfur-mediated pitting corrosion under conditions of oxygen ingress

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 46, Issue 16, 2012, Pages 9183-9190

  Johnston, Shawna L ^a   Voordouw, Gerrit ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABIOTIC CONDITIONS; BIOTIC CONDITIONS; CHEMICAL CONDITIONS; DISSOLVED SULFIDE; EFFECT OF OXYGEN; GENERAL CORROSION RATE; IRON CORROSION; MICROBIAL CONTROL; PIT DEPTHS; SOUR WATER; SULFATE REDUCING BACTERIA;

BACTERIA; CORROSION RATE; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; POLYSULFIDES; SULFUR;

PITTING;

IRON; OXYGEN; SULFIDE; SULFUR;

CHEMICAL ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; CORROSION; HYDROPHOBICITY; OXYGEN; SULFATE-REDUCING BACTERIUM; SULFIDE; SULFUR;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORROSION; DESULFOVIBRIO VULGARIS; HYDROPHILICITY; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION; PARTICLE SIZE; SULFATE REDUCING BACTERIUM; WILD TYPE;

BACTERIA; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; OXYGEN; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, ULTRAVIOLET; SULFATES;

EID: 84865527120     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es3019594     Document Type: Article

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