Abstract
Stainless steel (SS) has unsatisfied corrosion resistance in many aggressive environments,particularly under a low pH condition in the bioleaching industry.In this study,through surface analyses and electrochemical measurements,the corrosion resistance of a novel Cu-bearing 316L SS was evaluated in the presence of an acid-producing bacterium,Acidithiobacillus caldus SM-1 that was able to create an extremely acidic corrosive environment.The significantly enhanced anti-microbiologically-inducedcorrosion performance could be explained by the intracellular reactive oxygen species (ROS) and Fenton reaction on the Cu-bearing 316L SS.