Abstract
The corrosion behaviors of carbon steel in the presence of iron oxidizingbacteria (IOB) in reclaimed water was investigated mainly using the static hanging piecemethod, electrochemical analysis, SEM, EDAX, FT-IR and XRD. The results showedthat IOB accelerated the corrosion of carbon steel by 50–100% by attaching to its surface;the corrosion potential of the system with IOB was higher (23–36% negative) thanthat without IOB; bacteria grew (biofilm formed) on the surface of carbon steel and pittingcorrosion occurred on the coupons in the reclaimed water inoculated with IOB, whileno pitting corrosion occurred in the system without IOB. The corrosion products mainlyconsisted of FeOOH and CaCO3 whether IOB existed or not but were more complicatedin the presence of IOB.
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