What is MIC? Microbiologically Influenced Corrosion (MIC) is a result of the presence or activity of microorganisms on the surface of a material that is susceptible to corrosion. There are multiple mechanisms that can be categorized as MIC. ...
Chemical corrosion inhibitors came into the fire protection industry during the early 2000’s. At that time, it was widely thought that microbiologically influenced corrosion (MIC) was responsible for leaking fire sprinkler systems. Believing that ...
FM Global recently released a revised Data Sheet 2-1 entitled Corrosion in Automatic Sprinkler Systems. It has been approximately 15 years since the previous release and the new Data Sheet provides fundamentally different recommendations regarding ...