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US 2018/0024043 A1Published application
Method for monitoring microbiologically induced corrosion on metal surfaces
OwnerSelvanathan Arumugam, John W. Ashmore +2inventors
InventorsSelvanathan Arumugam, John W. Ashmore, Tirthankar Ghosh, Heather R. Mcginley
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Abstract
A method for monitoring microbiologically induced corrosion on metal surfaces in contact with a fluid. The method comprises adding to the fluid a silanol compound or silanol compound precursor having a group detectible by ultraviolet spectrophotometry or fluorescence spectroscopy, or which is isotopically enriched.
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A method for monitoring microbiologically induced corrosion on metal surfaces in contact with a fluid;
- said method comprising adding to the fluid a silanol compound or silanol compound precursor having a group detectible by ultraviolet spectrophotometry or fluorescence spectroscopy, or which is isotopically enriched.
A method for monitoring microbiologically induced corrosion on metal surfaces in contact with a fluid;
- said method comprising adding to the fluid a silicate compound which is isotopically enriched.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.