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electrochemical corrosion

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electrochemical corrosion [i‚lek·trō′kem·ə·kəl kə′rō·zhən]
(metallurgy)
Corrosion of a metal associated with the flow of electric current in an electrolyte. Also known as electrolytic corrosion.

galvanic corrosion
An electrochemical action which takes place when dissimilar metals are in contact in the presence of an electrolyte, resulting in corrosion.


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A good pretreatment pasivates the metal/metal oxide surface, thereby preventing or reducing the rate of electrochemical corrosion reactions.
Electrochemical corrosion experiments on mortar-rebar systems demonstrated conclusively that salt-containing mortar-rebar systems, when immersed in commercial CMA solutions, have acceptable corrosion potentials and very low corrosion currents.
 
 
 
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