to protect iron from corrosion
1Iron — Fe redirects here. For other uses, see Fe (disambiguation). This article is about the chemical element. For other uses, see Iron (disambiguation). manganese …
2Corrosion — v · d · e Materials failure modes Buckling · …
3Galvanic corrosion — This new manifold for water meters has replaced the old one after 4 years of use, having been connected directly to a copper pipe in the building (0.85 V of potential difference, see the point of corrosion in the bottom left). With a PVC battery… …
4Ductile iron pipe — is a pipe commonly used for potable water distribution.[1] The predominant wall material is ductile iron, a spheroidized graphite cast iron, although an internal cement mortar lining usually serves to inhibit corrosion from the fluid being… …
5surface coating — ▪ chemistry Introduction any mixture of film forming materials plus pigments, solvents, and other additives, which, when applied to a surface and cured or dried, yields a thin film that is functional and often decorative. Surface coatings… …
6Cathodic protection — (CP) is a technique to control the corrosion of a metal surface by making it work as a cathode of an electrochemical cell. This is achieved by placing in contact with the metal to be protected another more easily corroded metal to act as the… …
7Parthenon — Not to be confused with Pantheon, Rome. For other uses, see Parthenon (disambiguation). Coordinates: 37°58′13″N 23°43′21″E / 37.97025°N 23.72247°E …
8Nicholas Callan — Born 22 December 1799 Darver, Co. Louth, Ireland …
9Galvanic anode — A galvanic anode, a type of sacrificial anode, is one of the main components of a galvanic cathodic protection system used to protect metals from corrosion, by the use of a metal electrode which is itself consumed instead in an anodic oxidation… …
10cadmium — cadmic, adj. /kad mee euhm/, n. a white, ductile divalent metallic element resembling tin, used in plating and in making certain alloys. Symbol: Cd; at. wt.: 112.41; at. no.: 48; sp. gr. 8.6 at 20°C. [1815 25; < NL, equiv. to L cadm(ia) calamine… …
