The effect of Acetobacter sp. and a sulfate-reducing bacterial consortium from ethanol fuel environments on fatigue crack propagation in pipeline and storage tank steels

This paper evaluates the effects of microbiologically influenced corrosion (MIC) on fatigue-crack growth of candidate materials useful in expanding bio-ethanol usage, including a storage-tank steel (ASTM A36) and two pipeline steels (API 5L X52 and X70). The microbiological species sampled and cultivated from an ethanol fuel production stream are responsible for both acetic acid and hydrogen sulfide production that lead to significant increases in fatigue-crack growth rate across a wide range of stress-intensity-factor amplitudes (ΔK). The mechanism for increased fatigue damage is hydrogen uptake through adsorption into the steel, which embrittles material ahead of the growing fatigue crack.     

碳钢表面导电PEDOT涂层的电化学制备及防腐性能

目的 在Q235钢基底上电沉积致密导电聚合物PEDOT涂层,利用PEDOT的良好导电性,避免电荷集中,提高Q235钢的防腐性能。方法 在十二烷基硫酸钠（SDS）和高氯酸锂（LiClO4）溶液中,通过电化学恒电流方法在Q235碳钢基底上电聚合EDOT。采用循环极化、开路电位监测（OCP）、电化学阻抗谱（EIS）及扫描振动电极（SVET）等手段,研究导电PEDOT涂层与碳钢基底的电化学交互作用及其对基底腐蚀行为的影响规律。结果 在电流密度为5 mA/cm2的条件下,沉积的PEDOT涂层最完整、致密,具有球状团聚表面形貌。PEDOT/Q235电极在3.5%NaCl溶液中浸泡40 h后电偶电流密度为-15 μA/cm2,电偶电压为-715 mV。多次循环极化曲线基本重合,体现出良好的电化学稳定性。开路电位和EIS结果表明,PEDOT涂层4 d后钝化了基底,对基底产生保护。SVET结果证明,PEDOT涂层能够形成电子离域,避免电荷集中,涂层划痕区的电流密度从628 μA/cm2降低到23.8 μA/cm2。结论 PEDOT涂层可以减轻Q235基底在NaCl溶液中的腐蚀,其减缓腐蚀的能力归因于其结构致密、钝化基底及减少表面电荷集中。