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Corrosion monitoring probe

US4179653A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateFeb 22, 1978
Grant dateDec 18, 1979
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Expiry dateFeb 22, 1998

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG01N17/00
  • WIPO fieldMeasurement
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A corrosion monitoring probe comprising a body member, preferably a tubular body member, a seal within the body member, and a metallic probe element which is contained in part within the body member and which in part projects beyond the seal, at least that part of the probe element which projects beyond the seal being corrodable, in which the seal is in the form of at least one gasket made of an electrically insulating compressible material and in which the probe is provided with means for compressing the gasket(s) to cause the gasket(s) to form a seal between the probe element and the body member.

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