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Evaluation of Syzygium aromaticum aqueous extract as an eco-friendly inhibitor for microbiologically influenced corrosion of carbon steel in oil reservoir environment

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In the present investigation, biocorrosion inhibition efficiency of Syzygium aromaticum (clove) aqueous extract on carbon steel in presence of four corrosion causing bacterial strains (Bacillus subtilis, Streptomyces parvus, Pseudomonas stutzeri, and Acinetobacter baumannii) was explored. Weight loss, potentiodynamic polarization, and AC impedance studies were carried out with and without bacterial strains and clove extract. The results obtained from weight loss and AC impedance studies indicate that these corrosion causing bacterial strains accelerated the biocorrosion reaction and biofilm playing a key role in this process. However, the addition of clove extract into the corrosive medium decreased the corrosion current and increased the solution and charge transfer resistance. The significant inhibition efficiency of about 87% was archived in the mixed consortia system with clove extract. The bioactive compounds were playing an important role in the antibacterial activity of the clove extract. It was revealed that clove extract has both biocidal and corrosion inhibition properties.

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Dr. P. Parthipan, gratefully acknowledges the Science and Engineering Research Board (SERB), Department of Science and Technology (DST), for providing research fellowship under National Postdoctoral Fellowship (PDF/2017/001134). Also, authors are grateful to the researchers supporting project number (RSP-2020/68), King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

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    Punniyakotti Parthipan & Aruliah Rajasekar

  2. Electro-Materials Research Laboratory, Centre for Nanoscience and Technology, Pondicherry University, Puducherry, 605014, India

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  3. Department of Physics and Astronomy, College of Science, King Saud University, P.O. Box 2455, Riyadh, 11451, Saudi Arabia

    Mohamad S. AlSalhi & Sandhanasamy Devanesan

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Parthipan, P., AlSalhi, M.S., Devanesan, S. et al. Evaluation of Syzygium aromaticum aqueous extract as an eco-friendly inhibitor for microbiologically influenced corrosion of carbon steel in oil reservoir environment. Bioprocess Biosyst Eng 44, 1441–1452 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00449-021-02524-8

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