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Metal Corrosion Mechanism by Sulfate-reducing and Iron-oxidizing Bacteria in Saline System and its Optimal Inactivation  

Sung, Eun-Hae (Department of Environmental Engineering, Inha University)
Han, Ji-Sun (Department of Environmental Engineering, Inha University)
Kim, Chang-Gyun (Department of Environmental Engineering, Inha University)
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Journal of Korean Society of Environmental Engineers / v.30, no.8, 2008 , pp. 798-807 More about this Journal
Abstract
Due to economic impairment derived from metal corrosion of pumping station installed around coastal area, it was needed for related cause-effect to be investigated for understanding practical corrosion behavior and providing proper control. This research was thus carried out to determine whether the microbe can influence on metal corrosion along with its control in the laboratory. For this study, groundwater was sampled from the underground pump station(i.e. I Gas Station) where corrosion was observed. Microbial diversity on the samples were then obtained by 16S rDNA methods. From this, microbial populations showing corrosion behaviors against metals were reported as Leptothrix sp.(Iron oxidizing) and Desulfovibrio sp.(Sulfur reducing) Iron oxidizing bacteria were dominantly participating in the corrosion of iron, while sulfate reducing bacteria were more preferably producing precipitate of iron. In case of galvanized steel and stainless steel, iron oxidizing bacteria not only enhanced the corrosion, but also generated its scale of precipitate. Sulfate reducing bacteria had zinc steel corroded greater extent than that of iron oxidizing bacteria. In the inactivation test, chlorine or UV exposure could efficiently control bacterial growth. However as the inactivation intensity being increased beyond a threshold level, corrosion rate was unlikely escalated due to augmented chemical effect. It is decided that microbial corrosion could be differently taken place depending upon type of microbes or materials, although they were highly correlated. It could be efficiently retarded by given disinfection practices.
Keywords
Iron Corrosion; Iron-oxidizing Bacteria; Sulfate-reducing Bacteria;
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