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Electrochemical properties of composite anodes for cathodic protection

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Abstract

Comparative results of electrochemical investigations of polymeric composites with different contents of carbon black and graphite activated with ruthenium oxides are presented. Electrochemical impedance measurements (EIS), enabling determination of electrical and electrochemical properties of polymeric composites, were accompanied by potential measurements performed during a 21-day galvanostatic polarization at 5 A m−2 current density. Gravimetric measurements were also made to determine the extent of anode consumption. It was demonstrated that the presence of ruthenium oxides characterised by high electrocatalytic activity in the polymeric composites causes an improvement in the polarisation characteristics, a decrease in the value and improvement in stability of the potential during long-term operation, and also a decrease in the anode consumption, as compared to composites exclusively containing activated carbon black.

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  1. Chemical Faculty, Technical University of Gdańsk, 80-952 Gdańsk, 11/12 Narutowicza St., Poland

    K. Darowicki, S. Janicki & J. Orlikowski

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Darowicki, K., Janicki, S. & Orlikowski, J. Electrochemical properties of composite anodes for cathodic protection. Journal of Applied Electrochemistry 30, 333–337 (2000). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1003947605759

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