Microbiology influenced corrosion monitoring

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A seminal summary of the evolutionary study leading to the discovery of a unique type of M 1C, the final identification of the mechanism, and its control can be found in Daniel H. Pope, State-of-the-Art Report on Monitoring, Prevention and Mitigation of Microbiologically Influenced Corrosion in the Natural Gas Industry, Report No. 96-0488, Gas Research Institute. 

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M. de Romero, Z. Duque, O. de Rincon, O. Perez, I. Araujo, A. Martinez. Online monitoring systems of microbiologically influenced corrosion on Cu-10% Ni alloy in chlorinated, brackish water. Corrosion, Vol. 55, No. 8, pp. 867-876, 2000. 

Zintel TP, Licina GJ, Jack TR. Techniques for MIC monitoring. In Sloecker IIJG, ed. A Practical Manual on Microbiologically Influenced Corrosion. Houston, Tex. NACE international, 2001. 

Jones DA, Amy PS (2002) A thermodynamic Interpretation of Microbiologically Influenced Corrosion, CORROSION, Vol. 58, No. 8, pp. 638- 5, August 2002 Jack TR (2002) Biological Corrosion Failures, ASM International, March 2002 Blackburn FE (2004) Non-hioassy Techniques for Monitoring MIC, Corrosion 2004, paper 04580, NACE International... 

The presence of a biofilm on a metallic surface can greatly alter the local corrosion processes. In addition to the electrochemical changes that directly affect corrosion, biofilms can also modify other readily measured characteristics such as pressure drop or heat transfer resistance. Monitoring such microbiological influences can provide a useful indicator that a biofilm is present and that action should be taken to mitigate potential MIC. 

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