Accelerated cathodic reaction in microbial corrosion of iron due to direct electron uptake by sulfate-reducing bacteria

Corrosion Science

Volumn 66, Issue , 2013, Pages 88-96

  Venzlaff, Hendrik ^a   Enning, Dennis ^b   Srinivasan, Jayendran ^a   Mayrhofer, Karl J J ^a   Hassel, Achim Walter ^c   Widdel, Friedrich ^b   Stratmann, Martin ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR EISENFORSCHUNG GMBH   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR MARINE MICROBIOLOGY   (Germany)

^c JOHANNES KEPLER UNIVERSITY LINZ   (Austria)

Author keywords

A. Iron; B. EIS; B. Polarization; C. Microbiological corrosion

Indexed keywords

B. EIS; BIOLOGICAL CATALYSIS; CATHODIC REACTIONS; IRON CORROSION; IRON ELECTRODES; MICROBIAL CORROSION; MICROBIOLOGICAL CORROSION; NON-CORROSIVE; POTENTIODYNAMIC MEASUREMENT; SULFATE REDUCING BACTERIA;

CORROSION; IRON;

BACTERIA;

EID: 84869496805     PISSN: 0010938X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.corsci.2012.09.006     Document Type: Article

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