Environmentally dependent subcritical crack growth, or stress-corrosion cracking, along ceramic-metal interfaces is studied for the silica glass-copper system. Tests were conducted in various gaseous and liquid environments in order to determine their relative effects on stress-corrosion cracking and to gain some insight into the mechanisms that control interfacial crack growth. In agreement wi...

The Corrosion inhibition of an inhibitor namely Copper complex of 1-(8-hydroxy quinolin-2-yl-methyl) thiourea (Cu-HTF) which controls the corrosion of mild steel immersed in an aqueous solution containing 60 ppm Cl has been investigated through electrochemical and mass loss method. The formulation consisting of 60 ppm of Cl and 50 ppm of Cu-HTF offers good inhibition efficiency of 78 %. Polariz...

Microbial biofilm and corrosion in cooling systems are the most common problems that damage expensive equipment, cause loss of production, and increase maintenance costs. Sulfate reducing bacteria were considered the major bacterial group involved in microbiologically influenced corrosion (MIC). We investigated the survival and enumeration of biofilm-associated SRB on coupons of galvanized stee...

The relationship between oxygen and microbiologically influenced corrosion (MIC) resulting from obligate anaerobic microbial processes is complex. Most reported cases of MIC of carbon steel and copper alloys in marine environments are caused by sulphate-reducing bacteria (SRB) with some dissolved oxygen in the bulk medium. Yet most laboratory experiments with SRB are conducted in the absolute a...