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What is Cathodic Protection, and what are the types of Cathodic Protection?

April 26, 2017cathodic types

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What is Cathodic Protection, and what are the types of Cathodic Protection?

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cathodic protection is a method to protect a metal object, like a pipe or a boat or an offshore platform, by appling an external current.

cathodic protection can be applied wiht two different methods:

-galvanic anodes, that are piece of metal like zinc or aluminium that corrodes and protect the structure

-impressed current, that is current applied by an external generator to the structure to be protected

http://www.corrosionist.com/Corrosion_Control_Methods_Cathodic_Protection.htm

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Cathodic Protection protects iron from oxidizing (rusting) The three methods of Cathodic Protection (C-Pro) are Impressed current, sacrificial anodes, isolation