The impact of additional nitrates in mild steel corrosion in a seawater/sediment system

Corrosion Science

Volumn 80, Issue , 2014, Pages 416-426

  Pillay, Charlene ^a   Lin, Johnson ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

A. Mild steel; B. SEM; B. Weight loss; C. Microbiological corrosion

Indexed keywords

IRON METALLOGRAPHY; LOW CARBON STEEL; MAGNESIUM METALLOGRAPHY; MICROBIAL CORROSION; NITRATES; SEAWATER CORROSION; SODIUM METALLOGRAPHY;

EDX ANALYSIS; INCUBATION TIME; MICROBIAL POPULATIONS; MICROBIOLOGICAL CORROSION; NITRATE SOURCES; STEEL COUPON; WEIGHT LOSS;

STEEL CORROSION;

EID: 84891630909     PISSN: 0010938X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.corsci.2013.11.047     Document Type: Article

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