Title :
Underwater potentiostat for real-time electrochemical corrosion measurements
Author :
Masmitja, I. ; Del Rio, J. ; de Damborenea, J.J. ; Conde, A.
Author_Institution :
Electron. Dept., Univ. Politec. de Catalunya, Vilanova i la Geltru, Spain
Abstract :
Corrosion due to seawater studies are urgently required for a safe technology development. Some studies demonstrated that the corrosion rates for most alloys could be four times less than surface corrosion rates. A device for continuous electrochemical measuring of corrosion in real time and underwater is shown in this paper. Therefore, this equipment allows improving the knowledge about long-term materials behavior in this aggressive environment for the scientific community. Also, it has been designed to allow the connection to underwater observatories such as OBSEA.
Keywords :
alloys; chemical variables measurement; corrosion; electrochemical analysis; electrochemical electrodes; seawater; alloys; corrosion rate; materials behavior; real-time electrochemical corrosion measurement; scientific community; seawater; underwater observatories; underwater potentiostat; Corrosion; Current measurement; Electric potential; Electrodes; Observatories; Sea measurements; Voltage measurement; Potentiostat; corrosion; electrochemical; realtime;
Conference_Titel :
Sensor Systems for a Changing Ocean (SSCO), 2014 IEEE
Conference_Location :
Brest
DOI :
10.1109/SSCO.2014.7000386
