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A galvanic sensor system for detecting the corrosion damage of the steel embedded in concrete structures: Laboratory tests to determine the cathodic protection and stray-current

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In order to evaluate the possible application of a galvanic sensor for cathodic protection (CP) and straycurrent monitoring of steel embedded in concrete structures, the correlation of sensor current to protection abilities (protection potential/current) and stray-current was investigated by galvanostatic tests that simulated the CP and stray-current. The results revealed a good correlation between the sensor current and the protection abilities or stray-current in terms of the sign as well as magnitude. Thus, the galvanic sensor is proposed as an effective tool for the quantitative determination of the effectiveness of CP or of the interference effect of stray-current.

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  1. Department of Advanced Materials Enginieering, Sungkyunkwan University, 300 Cheoncheon-dong, Jangan-gu, Suwon-si, Gyeonggi, 440-746, Korea

    Yun-Ha Yoo, Tae-Heum Nam, Yoon-Seok Choi & Jung-Gu Kim

  2. Department of Architectural Engineering, Dankook University, 152 Jukjeon-ro, Suji-gu, Yongin-si, Gyeonggi, 448-710, Korea

    Lan Chung

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Yoo, YH., Nam, TH., Choi, YS. et al. A galvanic sensor system for detecting the corrosion damage of the steel embedded in concrete structures: Laboratory tests to determine the cathodic protection and stray-current. Met. Mater. Int. 17, 623–629 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12540-011-0816-6

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