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Analysis of a premature failure of welded AISI 316L stainless steel pipes originated by Microbial induced corrosion
Author(s) -
Otero E.,
Bastidas J. M.,
López V.
Publication year - 1997
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.19970480707
Subject(s) - welding , corrosion , metallurgy , materials science
This paper analyses the causes of the premature failure call welded AISI 316L stainless steel (ss) pipes which formed part of a sea water cooling circuit. The service time of the pipes was 8 months. The laboratory tests carried out consisted of metallography tests, δ‐ferrite determination, intergranular corrosion susceptibility, cyclic anodic polarization curves, scanning electron microscopy (SEM), energy dispersive X‐ray (EDX) and X‐ray photo‐electron spectroscopy (XPS). The study presents typical forms of microbial induced corrosion (MIC) in AISI 308L and 316L ss in contact with natural sea water. The research is completed with the performance of bacteriological tests which demonstrate that the bacteria which cause the localized corrosion are of the sulphate‐reducing genus “desulfovibrio” and the sulphide‐oxidizing genus “thiocapsa”.