Acta Metallurgica Sinica (English Letters) ›› 2019, Vol. 32 ›› Issue (10): 1287-1297.DOI: 10.1007/s40195-019-00915-1

Special Issue: 2019年腐蚀专辑-1

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Influence of Static Low Electromagnetic Field on Copper Corrosion in the Presence of Multispecies Aerobic Bacteria

Xiao-Yang Wei1,2, Masoumeh Moradi1,3(), Li-Jing Yang1, Zhen-Lun Song1, Bi-Zhang Zheng1, Zhan-Peng Lu2   

  1. 1 Key Laboratory of Marine Materials and Related Technologies, Zhejiang Key Laboratory of Marine Materials and Protective Technologies, Ningbo Institute of Materials Technology and Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences,Ningbo 315201, China
    2 School of Materials Science and Engineering, Shanghai University, Shanghai 200072, China
    3 Corrosion and Protection Division, Shenyang National Laboratory for Materials Science, Northeastern University, Shenyang 110819, China
  • Received:2018-11-11 Revised:2019-04-11 Online:2019-10-10 Published:2019-09-17

Abstract:

The effects of low electromagnetic field (EMF) (B = 2 mT) on the corrosion of pure copper in the absence and presence of multispecies marine aerobic bacteria were investigated in this work. The results showed that EMF has an inhibitory effect on copper metals and decreases the corrosion rate of copper metals in sterile artificial seawater. However, microbiologically influenced corrosion of Cu was increased in the presence of electromagnetic field due to its effect on the biofilm morphology and structure. EMF reduced the growth rate of bacteria and decreased bacterial attachment, thereby forming a heterogeneous and non-stable biofilm on the Cu surface in the presence of EMF. Moreover, the biofilm was dispersed throughout the surface after 7 days, whereas the scattered bacteria were observed on the surface after 10 days. Confocal laser scanning microscopy images showed large and deep pits on the surface in the presence of EMF and confirmed the acceleration of Cu corrosion in the presence of EMF and multispecies bacteria. Furthermore, XPS and FTIR results demonstrated that the corrosion products and metabolic by-products were significantly changed in the presence of EMF.

Key words: Electromagnetic field, Multispecies aerobic bacteria, Corrosion, Biofilm