Surface chemistry and corrosion behaviour of 304 stainless steel in simulated seawater containing inorganic sulphide and sulphate-reducing bacteria

Corrosion Science

Volumn 74, Issue , 2013, Pages 353-366

  Yuan, Shaojun ^a   Liang, Bin ^a   Zhao, Yu ^b   Pehkonen, S O ^c  

^a College of Chemical Engineering   (China)

^b SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c KHALIFA UNIVERSITY   (United Arab Emirates)

Author keywords

A. Stainless steel; B. XPS; C. Microbiological corrosion; C. Passive films; C. Sulphidation

Indexed keywords

304 STAINLESS STEEL; CORROSION BEHAVIOUR; MICROBIAL CORROSION; MICROBIOLOGICAL CORROSION; PASSIVE FILMS; SIMULATED SEAWATERS; SULPHATE REDUCING BACTERIA; SULPHIDATION;

BACTERIA; CORROSIVE EFFECTS; PHOTOELECTRONS; SEAWATER EFFECTS; STAINLESS STEEL; SURFACE CHEMISTRY; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

SULFUR COMPOUNDS;

EID: 84879421992     PISSN: 0010938X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.corsci.2013.04.058     Document Type: Article

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