Microbiologically Influenced Corrosion of Q235 Carbon Steel by Aerobic Thermoacidophilic Archaeon Metallosphaera cuprina

doi:10.1007/s40195-021-01239-9

Abstract

Abstract:

The effect of thermoacidophilic archaeon Metallosphaera cuprina (M. cuprina) on the corrosion of Q235 carbon steel in its culture medium was investigated in this work. In the sterile culture medium, the carbon steels showed uniform corrosion morphologies and almost no corrosion products covered the sample surface during 14 days of immersion test. In the presence of M. cuprina, some corrosion pits appeared on the surface of carbon steels in the immersion test, exhibiting typical localized corrosion morphologies. Moreover, the sample surfaces were covered by a large number of insoluble precipitates during the immersion. After 14 days, the thickness of precipitates reached approximately 50 μm. The results of weight loss test and electrochemical test demonstrated that the carbon steels in the M. cuprina-inoculated culture medium had higher corrosion rate than that in the sterile culture medium. The oxygen concentration cell caused by M. cuprina biofilms resulted in localized corrosion behavior, and the ferrous oxidation ability of M. cuprina accelerated the anodic dissolution of carbon steels, thus promoting the corrosion process of carbon steels.

Key words: Microbiologically influenced corrosion, Carbon steel, Electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS)

Hongchang Qian, Shangyu Liu, Wenlong Liu, Pengfei Ju, Dawei Zhang. Microbiologically Influenced Corrosion of Q235 Carbon Steel by Aerobic Thermoacidophilic Archaeon Metallosphaera cuprina[J]. Acta Metallurgica Sinica (English Letters), 2022, 35(2): 201-211.

Figures/Tables 10

Fig. 1 SEM images of sample surfaces after a 3 days, b 7 days and c 14 days of immersion in the sterile culture medium. d The enlarged SEM image of sample surface after 14 days

Fig. 2 SEM images of sample surfaces after a 3 days, b 7 days and c 14 days of immersion in the inoculated culture medium. d The enlarged SEM image of sample surface after 14 days

Fig. 3 Cross-sectional SEM images of the mixing layers on sample surfaces after a 7 days and b 14 days of immersion in the M. cuprina-inoculated culture medium

Fig. 4 SEM images of the sample surfaces after removing the corrosion products after a, d 3 days, b, e 7 days and c, f 14 days of immersion in the sterile culture medium a-c and in the inoculated culture medium d-f

Fig. 5 a EDS spectrum of the carbon steel surface after 14 days of immersion in the inoculated culture medium. High resolution b C 1 s and c Fe 2p XPS spectra after 14 days of immersion in the inoculated culture medium

Fig. 6 Weight loss of the carbon steel samples in the sterile and M. cuprina-inoculated culture media after 3, 7 and 14 days of immersion

Fig. 7 a OCP of the carbon steel samples in the sterile and M. cuprina-inoculated culture media after different days of immersion. Linear polarization resistance plots of the carbon steel samples in the b sterile and c M. cuprina-inoculated culture media after different days of immersion. d Rp of the carbon steel samples in the sterile and M. cuprina-inoculated culture media after different days of immersion

Fig. 8 a Nyquist plots and b Bode plots for the carbon steels after different days of immersion in the sterile culture medium. c Nyquist plots and d Bode plots for the carbon steels after different days of immersion in the inoculated culture medium

Fig. 9 a, b Electrical equivalent circuits used for EIS fitting. c Rct of the carbon steel samples in the sterile and M. cuprina-inoculated culture media after different days of immersion

Fig. 10 Schematic figure of the MIC mechanism of the carbon steel by M. cuprina

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