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What (who) is fouling organism - definition
![canal lock]] in Northern France, covered with [[zebra mussel]]s](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Dreissena polymorpha PieceOfCanalLocks.jpg?width=200 "canal lock]] in Northern France, covered with [[zebra mussel]]s")
![tube]] with residues of [[biofouling]] (cut open)](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Fouling01.jpg?width=200 "tube]] with residues of [[biofouling]] (cut open)")
![Brass tube with [[corrosion]] traces (cut open)](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Korrosion Rohr01.jpg?width=200 "Brass tube with [[corrosion]] traces (cut open)")
![[[Limescale]] buildup inside a pipe both reduces liquid flow through the pipe, as well as reduces thermal conduction from the liquid to the outer pipe shell. Both effects will reduce the pipe's overall thermal efficiency when used as a [[heat exchanger]].](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Limescale-in-pipe.jpg?width=200 "[[Limescale]] buildup inside a pipe both reduces liquid flow through the pipe, as well as reduces thermal conduction from the liquid to the outer pipe shell. Both effects will reduce the pipe's overall thermal efficiency when used as a [[heat exchanger]].")
![Condenser tube with [[calcium carbonate]] scaling (cut open)](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Scaling01.jpg?width=200 "Condenser tube with [[calcium carbonate]] scaling (cut open)")
![Size contrast of small cylindrical [[bacterial]] cells to large single-celled eukaryotic ''[[Paramecium]]''.](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Gram-negative Bacteria and Paramecium forming cyst.jpg?width=200 "Size contrast of small cylindrical [[bacterial]] cells to large single-celled eukaryotic ''[[Paramecium]]''.")
![Wood–Ljungdahl or reductive acetyl–CoA pathway]] to fix carbon.](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Reduktiver Acetyl-CoA-Weg.png?width=200 "Wood–Ljungdahl or reductive acetyl–CoA pathway]] to fix carbon.")
![Gya]] (billion years old) [[geological formation]]s contain fossilized [[cyanobacteria]] microbes. This suggests they are evidence of one of the earliest known life forms on Earth.](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Stromatolites.jpg?width=200 "Gya]] (billion years old) [[geological formation]]s contain fossilized [[cyanobacteria]] microbes. This suggests they are evidence of one of the earliest known life forms on Earth.")
Wikipedia
Fouling is the accumulation of unwanted material on solid surfaces. The fouling materials can consist of either living organisms (biofouling) or a non-living substance (inorganic or organic). Fouling is usually distinguished from other surface-growth phenomena in that it occurs on a surface of a component, system, or plant performing a defined and useful function and that the fouling process impedes or interferes with this function.
Other terms used in the literature to describe fouling include deposit formation, encrustation, crudding, deposition, scaling, scale formation, slagging, and sludge formation. The last six terms have a more narrow meaning than fouling within the scope of the fouling science and technology, and they also have meanings outside of this scope; therefore, they should be used with caution.
Fouling phenomena are common and diverse, ranging from fouling of ship hulls, natural surfaces in the marine environment (marine fouling), fouling of heat-transfer components through ingredients contained in cooling water or gases, and even the development of plaque or calculus on teeth or deposits on solar panels on Mars, among other examples.
This article is primarily devoted to the fouling of industrial heat exchangers, although the same theory is generally applicable to other varieties of fouling. In cooling technology and other technical fields, a distinction is made between macro fouling and micro fouling. Of the two, micro fouling is the one that is usually more difficult to prevent and therefore more important.
