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Evaluation of a biocide effect upon microbiologically influenced corrosion of mild steel
Author(s) -
Hernández Gayosso M. J.,
Zavala Olivares G.,
Ruiz Ordaz N.,
García Esquivel R.
Publication year - 2005
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.200503867
Subject(s) - biocide , corrosion , biofilm , dielectric spectroscopy , metallurgy , sulfate reducing bacteria , pulp and paper industry , electrochemistry , materials science , environmental chemistry , chemistry , bacteria , biology , engineering , organic chemistry , electrode , sulfate , genetics
The microbiologically influenced corrosion (MIC) is a very dangerous process, which affects the oil industry. The activity and microorganisms' growth at the pipelines steel cause surface modifications, which can induce a more complex corrosion process. The biocide evaluation for the MIC decrease has been normally based upon microbiological tests, and just a few references mention alternating methods which can be used as criteria for their evaluation. In this work, a commercial biocide was tested, using different electrochemical laboratory techniques, to determine its effect upon a biofilm generating bacteria consortium. Using microbiological techniques, the biocide lethal concentration was determined, and a concentration of 200 ppm was used to kill completely the consortium population in both, plancktonic and sessile parts. The electrochemical techniques: Polarisation Resistance (PR) and Electrochemical Impedance Spectroscopy (EIS), allowed describing the corrosion process associated to the microbial consortium and the biocide effect upon it.