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Influence of Thermophilic Bacteria on Corrosion of Carbon Steel in Hyper Chloride Environment

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The present study evaluates, the oxidation behaviour of thermophilic bacteria Geobacillus thermoparaffinivorans IR2, Geobacillus stearothermophillus IR4 and Bacillus licheniformis MN6 on carbon steel API 5 LX by weight loss, electrochemical studies (impedance and polarization analysis) and surface analysis (X-ray diffraction spectroscopy). The presence of IR2, IR4 and MN6 showed highest corrosion rate (CR) of 2.51, 2.82 and 2.41 mm/year, respectively, than the abiotic control (0.95 mm/year). Whereas in the presence of biocide tetrakis (hydroxymethyl) phosphonium sulphate (THPS) inhibition of the biofilm formation was noticed on the carbon steel and thus reduced the CR of about 0.36, 0.46 and 0.42 mm/year. The electrochemical studies also revealed that higher charge transfer resistance (105 Ω cm2) and solution resistance (6.99 Ω cm2) in the presence of THPS due to the intact protective film on carbon steel surface. Thus, THPS is found to act as an effective candidate towards control microbial influenced corrosion by thermophilic bacteria on carbon steel API5LX in a 36% chloride environment.

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A. Rajasekar is thankful to the Department of Biotechnology (Government of India) for awarding Ramalingaswami re-entry Fellowship (BT/RLF/Re-entry/17/2012), Also acknowledge the Science and Engineering Research Board, Department of Science and Technology, Government of India (EEQ/2016/000449 and SB/YS/LS-40/2013) and University Grants Commission (MRP-MAJOR-MICRO-2013-31825).

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  1. Environmental Molecular Microbiology Research Laboratory, Department of Biotechnology, Thiruvalluvar University, Serkkadu, Vellore, Tamil Nadu, 632 115, India

    Punniyakotti Elumalai, Punniyakotti Parthipan, Jayaraman Narenkumar, Raja Kumaresan Sarankumar & Aruliah Rajasekar

  2. Sino-Forest Applied Research Centre for Pearl River Delta Environment, Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong SAR, People’s Republic of China

    Punniyakotti Elumalai & Obulisamy Parthiba Karthikeyan

  3. College of Marine and Environmental Sciences, James Cook University, Townsville, QLD, Australia

    Obulisamy Parthiba Karthikeyan

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Elumalai, P., Parthipan, P., Narenkumar, J. et al. Influence of Thermophilic Bacteria on Corrosion of Carbon Steel in Hyper Chloride Environment. Int J Environ Res 11, 339–347 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s41742-017-0031-5

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