Influence of strain Bacillus cereus bacterium on corrosion behaviour of carbon steel in natural sea water

Abstract

This paper examines the corrosion behaviours of carbon steel immersed in sterile natural sea water with and without strain Bacillus cereus. Electrochemical studies, including Tafel plots and electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS) were performed to evaluate the variation of the corrosion behaviour of carbon steel in medium containing B. cereus as compared to the sterile control samples. The results of Tafel plot measurements showed significant reduction in the corrosion rate in the presence of bacterial biofilm produced by strain B. cereus. The EIS data showed that the charge transfer resistance is greater in a medium containing B. cereus and increases with immersion time.

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Carbon steel EIS measurements SEM Polarisation Microbiological corrosion

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