Table of Contents
Part 1 An Interdisciplinary Approach to Microbially Influenced Corrosion of Copper 1 An Interdisciplinary Approach for Microbially Influenced Corrosion of Copper 2 Physical Behaviour of Biopolymers as Artificial Models for Biofilms in Biodeterioration of Copper. Solution and Surface Properties of Biopolymers 3 Bacteria Associated with MIC of Copper: Characterisation and Extracellular Polymer Production 4 Membrane Properties of Biopolymeric Substances 5 Corrosion Behaviour of Biopolymer Modified Copper Electrodes Part 2 Microbial Corrosion: Mechanisms and General Studies 6 Contribution of Microbiological Phenomena in the Localised Corrosion of Stainless Steels 7 Attachment of Desulfovibrio vulgaris to Steels: Influence of Alloying Elements 8 Electrochemical and Surface Analytical Evaluation of Marine Copper Corrosion 9 Microbial Degradation of Fibre Reinforced Polymer Composites 10 The Modelling of Microbial Soil Corrosion on Iron Oxides and Hydroxides 11 The Influence of Corrosion Experiments on Microorganisms and Biofilms in the Sessile Phase 12 The influence of Metal Ions on the Activity of Hydrogenase in Sulphate Reducing Bacteria 13 A Kinetic Model for Bactericidal Action in Biofilms 14 Biocorrosion of Mild Steel by Sulphate Reducing Bacteria 15 Effect of Marine Biofilms on High Performance Stainless Steels Exposed in European Coastal Waters 16 Detection and Characterisation of Biofilms in Natural Seawater by Analysing Oxygen Diffusion under Controlled Hydrodynamic Conditions 17 Determination of Biofilm on Stainless Steel in Seawater in Relation to the Season by Analysing the Mass Transport of Oxygen 18 The Importance of Bacterially Generated Hydrogen Permeation Through Metals Part 3 Microbial Corrosion: Case Studies 19 Influence of Metal-Biofilm Interface pH on Aluminium Brass Corrosion in Seawater 20 Effect of Seasonal Changes in Water Quality on Biofouling and Corrosion in Fresh Water Systems 21 Corrosion Behaviour of a Carbon Steel Valve in a Microbial Environment 22 Sulphide-producing, not Sulphate-reducing Anaerobic Bacteria Presumptively Involved in Bacterial Corrosion 23 Biofilm Monitoring and On-line Control: 20 Month Experience in Seawater 24 Challenges to the Prediction and Monitoring of Microbially Influenced Corrosion in the Oil Industry 25 Biofilm Development on Stainless Steels in a Potable Water System 26 Bacteria and Corrosion in Potable Water Mains 27 Study of Corrosion Layer Products from an Archaeological Iron Nail Part 4 Microbial Corrosion: Prevention and Control 28 Electrochemical Sensor of Water and of the Amount of Microbial Proliferation in Fuel Tanks, 29 Biocorrosion in Groundwater Engineering Systems 30 Laboratory Evaluation of the Effectiveness of Cathodic Protection in the Presence of Sulphate Reducing Bacteria 31 Studies on the Response of Iron Oxidising and Slime Forming Bacteria to Chlorination in a Laboratory Model Cooling Tower 32 Monitoring and Inspecting Biofouled Surfaces 33 Corrosion Behaviour of Steel in Coal Mining Water in the Presence of Thiobacillus thiooxidans and Thiobacillus ferrooxidans