EXPERIMENTS FOR STIMULATING MICROBIOLOGICALLY INDUCED CORROSION OF COPPER PIPES IN A COLD-WATER PLUMBING SYSTEM

Authors
ARENS P TUSCHEWITZKI GJ FOLLNER H JACOBI H LEUNER S
Citation
P. Arens et al., EXPERIMENTS FOR STIMULATING MICROBIOLOGICALLY INDUCED CORROSION OF COPPER PIPES IN A COLD-WATER PLUMBING SYSTEM, Werkstoffe und Korrosion, 47(2), 1996, pp. 96-102
Citations number
35
Categorie Soggetti
Metallurgy & Metallurigical Engineering","Material Science
Journal title
Werkstoffe und Korrosion → ACNP
ISSN journal
09475117
Volume
47
Issue
2
Year of publication
1996
Pages
96 - 102
Database
ISI
SICI code
0947-5117(1996)47:2<96:EFSMIC>2.0.ZU;2-M
Abstract
The influence of Fe2O3, pyruvate and a sealing putty on microbiologica lly induced corrosion in part of a copper cold-water plumbing system i n a large building was investigated. For this purpose, these three sub stances were injected into the pipe lumen of a non-disinfected and a t hermally disinfected section of a tap line affected by microbiological ly induced corrosion. It was shown that these substances stimulate, in varying degrees, the microbiological corrosion of copper pipes.