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Gold/Mining/Energy : Global Thermoelectric - SOFC Fuel cells (GLE:TSE) -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: blue_chip who wrote (2314)	6/23/1999 5:05:00 PM
From: raisinkane	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 6016

blue_chip.......If a entire surface of the metal can be made cathodic then none of the metal atoms can lose electrons and go into solution as metal ions.(rust)..There are two methods of making a metal cathodic, either connecting it to a more anodic metal(such as connecting steel to zinc; to protect the steel the zinc is sacrificed). or by applying an external direct current to the metal(GLE equipment)...That was a quote from a text book I have.....If you ever use a stainless steel bolt on common steel you will notice the increased corrosion of the steel touching the stainless steel...A very simple definition for me is to think of it like this....Without cathodic protection the pipeline metal will give up some of itself to the corrosion process....But with cathodic protection the current produced by GLE's equipment replaces the metal in the chemical reaction.........best I can do.....raisin