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Experiments for stimulating Microbiologically induced corrosion of copper pipes in a cold‐water plumbing system
Author(s) -
Arens P.,
Tuschewitzki G.J.,
Follner H.,
Jacobi H.,
Leuner S.
Publication year - 1996
Publication title -
materials and corrosion
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.487
H-Index - 55
eISSN - 1521-4176
pISSN - 0947-5117
DOI - 10.1002/maco.19960470208
Subject(s) - corrosion , copper , metallurgy , erosion corrosion of copper water tubes , materials science
The influence of Fe 2 O 3 , pyruvate and a sealing putty on microbiologically induced corrosion in part of a copper cold‐water plumbing system in a large building was investigated. For this purpose, these three substances were injected into the pipe lumen of a non‐disinfected and a thermally disinfected section of a tap line affected by microbiologically induced corrosion. It was shown that these substances stimulate, in varying degrees, the microbiological corrosion of copper pipes.