TY  - JOUR
T1  - Monitoring of Corrosion of <I>Aeromonas eucrenohila</I> in the First Steps of Biofilm Formation on Nickel
AU - Nazir, H. AU - Tabrizi, A.P.F. AU - San, N.O. AU - Donmez, G. 
JO  - Journal of Engineering and Applied Sciences
VL  - 7
IS  - 5
SP  - 372
EP  - 378
PY  - 2012
DA  - 2001/08/19
SN  - 1816-949x
DO  - jeasci.2012.372.378
UR  - https://makhillpublications.co/view-article.php?doi=jeasci.2012.372.378
KW  - EIS
KW  -nickel coatings
KW  -microbiological corrosion
KW  -polarization
KW  -SEM
KW  -FTIR
AB  - The microbial corrosion behaviour of Ni in nutrient broth 
  and in the presence of <I>Aeromonas eucrenophila</I>, isolated from water treatment 
  system has been studied using electrochemical techniques such as Open Circuit 
  Potential (OCP), Quartz Crystal Microbalance (QCM), Tafel and Electrochemical 
  Impedance Spectroscopy (EIS). The electrochemical results declare the 1st stage 
  of biofilm formation of <I>A. eucrenophila</I> shows pseudoprotection effect 
  while increase the time accelerates the corrosion of nickel by increasing the 
  surface inhomogeneity. The formation of the biofilm and the roughness of the 
  nickel surface were characterized using Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM) with 
  Energy Dispersive X-ray (EDX) analysis and FT-IR spectroscopy. In addition, 
  the pH values of the medium did not change throughout the experiment, however 
  after immersion in the medium with bacterium the pH value decreased to acidic 
  value and caused corrosion.
ER  -