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The technically most important metal, iron (Fe0) corrodes without a protective coating or without being alloyed with other, more expensive metals in an aqueous environment as a result of chemical and also biological processes. Damage to inorganic materials due to microbial activities includes iron corrosion, concrete corrosion and building corrosion/damage to stone as been seen at the Cologne Cathedral.
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Reineke, W., Schlömann, M. (2023). Damage to Inorganic Materials Due to Microbial Activities, Biocorrosion. In: Environmental Microbiology. Springer Spektrum, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-66547-3_13
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