The Impact of Microscopic Fungi on the Morphological and Structural Properties of Carbon Steel

Elena Binkauskiene, Albinas Lugauskas, Igoris Prosyčevas, Vidas Pakštas, Aušra Selskiene, Dalia Bučinskiene, Alma Ručinskiene

Institute of Chemistry, Center for Physical Sciences and Technology, Vilnius, Lithuania.
Institute of Materials Science, Kaunas University of Technology, Kaunas, Lithuania.

DOI: 10.4236/jsemat.2014.44027                

Abstract

The growth of the microscopic fungi on the solid surface has a great influence on technical materials destruction. The aim of this study was to determine the influence of two strains of micromycetesPenicillium palitansstrain6 andArthrinium phaeospermumstrain 10 on morphological and structural properties of carbon steel surfaces in the nutrient medium. The difference in consumption of chlorine byP. palitans6(0.07 wt%) andA. phaeospermum10(0.04 wt%) and the difference in accumulation of a newly formed elementmanganese forP. palitans6(0.01 wt%) andA. phaeospermum10(0.03 wt%) has been observed. A relation between the surface and interface fungal stimulated processes, the biotic oxidation of steel surface as well as formation of the mixed oxides on the biomodified steel surface has been determined. The morphology of surfaces was characterized by scanning electron microscopy, the structure—by the X-ray diffraction method, Fourier transformation infrared and X-ray fluorescence spectroscopy.

Keywords

Steel, Microscopic Fungi, Morphological and Structural Analysis, Biogenic Materials

Conflicts of Interest

The authors declare no conflicts of interest.

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