Citation
Hhp. Fang et al., Influence of Cr3+ on microbial cluster formation in biofilm and on steel corrosion, BIOTECH LET, 22(9), 2000, pp. 801-805
Citations number
16
Categorie Soggetti
Biotecnology & Applied Microbiology",Microbiology
Journal title
BIOTECHNOLOGY LETTERS
ISSN journal
01415492
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Volume
22
Issue
9
Year of publication
2000
Pages
801 - 805
Database
ISI
SICI code
0141-5492(200005)22:9<801:IOCOMC>2.0.ZU;2-S
Abstract
Pit corrosion of mild steel in seawater increased with Cr3+ concentration.
SEM observations showed that increasing Cr3+ concentration caused microbes
in biofilm on the steel surface to aggregate forming clusters. AFM images s
uggested that pit corrosion occurred largely on the mild steel surface betw
een clusters, and only little corrosion on the surface covered by microbes.