galvanic couple

Also found in: Dictionary, Thesaurus, Medical, Legal, Wikipedia.

galvanic couple

[gal′van·ik ′kəp·əl]

(electricity)

A pair of unlike substances, such as metals, which generate a voltage when brought in contact with an electrolyte.

Mentioned in ?

References in periodicals archive ?

Johansson, Effects of titanium dental restorative alloy galvanic couples on culture cells, J Biomed Mater Res, 43, p 184-191, 1998

Corrosion in titanium dental implants/prostheses--a review

10) Due to the more noble potential of the tools materials compared to the substrate (steel), the incrustation causes the formation of a galvanic couple.

Influence of surface cleaning by tools made of copper alloys on the painting performance

In this study, a filiform corrosion test was combined with a galvanic couple by using dissimilar metal fasteners to join two sheets of aluminum alloy, thus producing a model lap joint.

Underfilm corrosion on polyurethane-coated aluminum alloy 2024-T3 containing dissimilar metal fasteners