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Si Yu1, Yuntian Lou1, Dawei Zhang1
1Corrosion and Protection Center, Institute for Advanced Materials and Technology, University of Science and Technology Beijing, Beijing 100083, China.
Abstract:
In this work, microbiologically influenced corrosion (MIC) of 304 stainless steel (SS) caused by Bacillus cereus was investigated by electrochemical measurements and surface analyses in simulated Beijing soil solution under aerobic condition. The nitrate-reducing bacterium (NRB), B. cereus, was isolated from Beijing soil and identified using 16S rDNA. Confocal laser scanning microscopy (CLSM) images showed that the largest pit depths on 304 SS with and without B. cereus after 14 days of incubation were 7.17 and 4.59 μm, respectively, indicating that pitting corrosion was accelerated by B. cereus. X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) and energy dispersive spectrometry (EDS) results revealed that B. cereus and its metabolic products were detrimental to the integrity of the passive film on 304 SS. The electrochemical results showed that B. cereus significantly reduced the corrosion resistance of 304 SS and accelerated the anodic dissolution reaction, thereby speeding up the corrosion process.
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