Microbiologically influenced corrosion testing

M. B. McNeil, A. L. Odom,Thermodynamic prediction of microbiologically influenced corrosion by sulfate reducing bacteria in Microbiologically Influenced Corrosion Testing (Eds. B. J. Little, J. R. Keames), ASTM, West Conshohocken, 1994, pp. 173-179, STP 1232. 

J. R. Kearns and B. J. Little, editors, Microbiologically Influenced Corrosion Testing, STP 1232, ASTM, Philadelphia, PA, 1994. 

Fischer, W. R., Wagner, D. H. X., and Paradies, H. H., An Evaluation of Countermeasures to Microbiologically Influenced Corrosion (MIC) in Copper Potable Water Supplies, Microbiologically Influenced Corrosion Testing ASTM STP 1232, 1994, pp. 275-282. 

Before electrochemical techniques are used in the evaluation of any situation involving microbes, tihe test protocol must receive considerable review by personnel quite experienced in both electrochemical testing and microbiologically influenced corrosion. It must be demonstrated that the method is capable of detecting and in some cases quantitatively measuring corrosion influenced by microbes. 

S.C. Dexter. Microbiologically influenced corrosion. In Corrosion Fundamentals, Testing and Protection, Vol. 13A, ASM Handbook, ASM International, 2003. 

J.G. Stoecker. Penetration of stainless steel following hydrostatic test. In A Practical Manual on Microbiologically-Influenced Corrosion, G. Kobrin (Ed.), pp. 167-168, NACE, Houston, TX, 1993. 

As was the case in the laboratory, no standards have been written for field tests involving microbiologically influenced corrosion. Many of the electrochemical techniques evaluated above for use in the laboratory can also be taken into the field. The limitations on using these techniques on large structures in the field are described in other chapters of this manual. The same cautions outlined above for using them in laboratory MIC work should generally be carried into the field as well. 

Little, B. J., Wagner, P. A., ind Mansfeld, F., "Microbiologically Influenced Corrosion, Corrosion Testing Made Easy, B. C. Syrett, Series Ed., Vol. 5, NACE International, Houston TX, 1997. 

Kearns, J. R., Little, B. J. (Eds.) (1994), Microbiolog-ically Influenced Corrosion Testing, ASTM STP 1232. Philadelphia ASTM. 

Stott JFD. Evaluating microbiologically influenced corrosion. In Cramer DSaCBS, ed. Vol. 13A Corrosion Fundamentals, Testing, and Protection. Metals Park, Ohio ASM International, 2003 644-9. 

Kobrin G, Lamb S, Tuthill AH, Avery RE, Selby KA (1997) Microbiologically influenced corrosion of stainless steels by water used for cooling and hydrostatic testing. Nickel Development Institute (NiDI) Technical Series, No. 10 085. Originally from the paper presented at the 58th Annual International Water Conference, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania USA, November 3-5 1997... 

Microbiologically influenced corrosion Visual, leakage testing Pitting corrosion... 

A-10.2.1 Test Fluid (See Para. IP-10.7.1). Consideration should be given to susceptibility to microbiologi-cally influenced corrosion (MIC). This condition is especially prevalent in no-flow, high-moisture environments. Internal MIC may also depend on the characteristics of the treated or untreated test fluid. Internal MIC may be lessened or possibly eliminated by properly draining and drying systems and / or by proper selection of test fluid. 

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