Before about 1980, microbiologically-influenced corrosion (MIC) was not widely accepted as a real problem to be managed in industrial corrosion control. Since then, much good research has been done on mechanisms, diagnostic tools, analytical methods, and control techniques. MIC control is now an established discipline within corrosion science and engineering.

As part of the celebration of the fiftieth anniversary of NACE, this paper briefly reviews the development of MIC mechanisms and control technology, and provides an introduction to the MIC symposium at Corrosion/93.

Subject
Corrosion failures, Water, Iron, Corrosion detection, Metals, Bacteria, Steel, Engineers, Corrosion protection, Deposit corrosion, Alloys, Microbiologically influenced corrosion, Water treatment facilities
Keywords:
MIC, microbiology, corrosion, control, cooling water
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1993
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