Effect of pH on Anaerobic Mild Steel Corrosion by Methanogenic Bacteria
AUTOR(ES)
Boopathy, R.
RESUMO
Methanogens can use H2 produced by cathodic depolarization-mediated oxidation of elemental iron to produce methane. Thermodynamic consideration of the cathodic depolarization mechanism predicts more oxidation of Fe0 at lower pH. Methanogenic responses to pH by Methanococcus deltae, Methanococcus thermolithotrophicus, and Methanosarcina barkeri were examined. When grown on H2-CO2, these bacteria had pH optima from 6.2 to 7.0, but when all H2 was supplied from Fe0, methanogenic pH optima were lower, 5.4 to 6.5. Corrosion was monitored with and without cultures and at various pHs; more corrosion occurred when cultures were present, biologically induced corrosion was greatest at the pH optima for methanogenesis from Fe0, and corrosion without cultures increased with a drop in pH.
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