The effect of Acetobacter sp. and a sulfate-reducing bacterial consortium from ethanol fuel environments on fatigue crack propagation in pipeline and storage tank steels

Corrosion Science

Volumn 79, Issue , 2014, Pages 128-138

  Sowards, J W ^a   Williamson, C H D ^b   Weeks, T S ^a   McColskey, J D ^a   Spear, J R ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

A. Steel; B. SEM; C. Corrosion fatigue; C. Hydrogen embrittlement; C. Intergranular corrosion; C. Microbiological corrosion

Indexed keywords

FATIGUE CRACK PROPAGATION; FATIGUE DAMAGE; PIPELINES; STEEL CORROSION; STRESS CORROSION CRACKING; SULFUR COMPOUNDS; TANKS (CONTAINERS);

A STEEL; B SEM; C CORROSION FATIGUE; C HYDROGEN EMBRITTLEMENT; C INTERGRANULAR CORROSION; C MICROBIOLOGICAL CORROSION; CORROSION-FATIGUE; INTERGRANULAR CORROSION; MICROBIOLOGICAL CORROSION; STORAGE TANK;

ETHANOL;

EID: 84890182666     PISSN: 0010938X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.corsci.2013.10.036     Document Type: Article

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