FN Archimer Export Format PT J TI Reduction of potential ennoblement of stainless steel in natural seawater by an ecofriendly biopolymer BT AF Abi Nassif, L. Rioual, S. Farah, W. Hellio, C. Fauchon, M. Trepos, R Abboud, M. Diler, E. Thierry, D. Lescop, B. AS 1:1,2;2:1;3:2;4:3;5:3;6:3;7:2;8:4;9:4;10:1; FF 1:;2:;3:;4:;5:;6:;7:;8:;9:;10:; C1 Univ Brest, Lab-STICC, CNRS, UMR 6285, F-29200 Brest, France UEGP, Faculté des Sciences, Université Saint Joseph, Beyrouth, Lebanon Univ Brest, Laboratoire des Sciences de l’Environnement MARin (LEMAR), CNRS, IRD, Ifremer, F-29280 Plouzané, France Institut de la Corrosion, 220 rue Pierre Rivoalon, 29200 Brest, France C2 UBO, FRANCE UNIV SAINT JOSEPH BEYROUTH, LEBANON UBO, FRANCE INST CORROSION, FRANCE UM LEMAR IN WOS Cotutelle UMR copubli-france copubli-univ-france copubli-int-hors-europe copubli-sud IF 4.3 TC 7 UR https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00604/71607/73083.pdf LA English DT Article DE ;Biopolymer;Steel;Ennoblement;Antimicrobial;Alginate;Biofilm AB The effect of biofilm formation on passive stainless steel in seawater environments is of primary importance since it leads to potential ennoblement of surfaces and subsequently to localized corrosion such as pitting and crevice corrosion. This study aims at developing an ecofriendly alginate biopolymer containing both non-toxic calcium and a limited amount of biocidal zinc ions which inhibits this effect. For this purpose, calcium alginate containing less than 1 % of zinc ions localized in the vicinity of the steel surface in natural and renewed seawater is demonstrated to reduce significantly the ennoblement process of steel. After 1 month of immersion, a mass loss of only 4 % of the active material is observed authorizing thereby long-term protection of steel in real environment. PY 2020 PD FEB SO Journal Of Environmental Chemical Engineering SN 2213-2929 PU Elsevier BV VL 8 IS 1 UT 000515128500056 DI 10.1016/j.jece.2019.103609 ID 71607 ER EF