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Pipeline corrosion and cathodic protection. Third ed

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OSTI ID:6084759
This update of Marshall Parker's classic text contains the latest ''hands on'' information available for taking measurements and making the calculations necessary for cathodic protection of buried pipe lines. Essentially a practical field manual, it is a simple and direct introduction to the fundamentals of a complex subject. Contents are: soil resistivity surveys; potential surveys; line currents, current requirement surveys, rectifier systems for coated lines; ground bed design and installation, galvanic anodes on coated lines, hot spot protection, bond protection; stray current electrolysis, interference; operation and maintenance; coating inspection and testing; fundamentals of underground corrosion; basic principles of cathodic protection; tables of properties and metals; and attenuation equations.
OSTI ID:
6084759
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English