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JOURNAL OF THERMAL SPRAY TECHNOLOGY
Volume 26, Issue 4, Pages 687-694Publisher
SPRINGER
DOI: 10.1007/s11666-017-0535-8
Keywords
bacterial attachment; cold spray; copper coating; corrosion
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- Project of Scientific Innovation Team of Ningbo [2015B11050]
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [31500772, 41476064]
- State Key Laboratory for Mechanical Behavior of Materials [20151710]
- State Key Laboratory for Marine Corrosion and Protection of Luoyang Ship Material Research Institute (LSMRI) [KF160409]
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Copper coatings were fabricated on stainless steel plates by cold spraying. Attachment and colonization of Bacillus sp. on their surfaces in artificial seawater were characterized, and their effects on anticorrosion performances of the coatings were examined. Attached bacteria were observed using field emission scanning electron microscopy. Electrochemical behaviors including potentiodynamic polarization and electrochemical impedance spectroscopy with/without bacterial attachment were evaluated using commercial electrochemical analysis station Modulab. Results show that Bacillus sp. opt to settle on low-lying spots of the coating surfaces in early stage, followed by recruitment and attachment of extracellular polymeric substances (EPS) secreted through metabolism of Bacillus sp. The bacteria survive with the protection of EPS. An attachment model is proposed to illustrate the bacterial behaviors on the surfaces of the coatings. Electrochemical data show that current density under Bacillus sp. environment decreases compared to that without the bacteria. Charge-transfer resistance increases markedly in bacteria-containing seawater, suggesting that corrosion resistance increases and corrosion rate decreases. The influencing mechanism of bacteria settlement on corrosion resistance of the cold-sprayed copper coatings was discussed and elucidated.
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