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Glossary entry

German term or phrase:

freie Korrosion

English translation:

free corrosion

Added to glossary by Robin Ward
Jan 18, 2005 09:02
19 yrs ago
German term

freie Korrosion

German to English Tech/Engineering Metallurgy / Casting Pipeline construction
Term used in the field of pipeline repair and maintenance.

Appears in the following:

Boden, Aggressivität:
Eigenschaft des Bodens. Aggressivität entspricht der Korrosionswahrscheinlichkeit für freie Korrosion und wird von vielen Einflußgrößen bestimmt.

I suppose this might be rendered simply as "free corrosion", but this might well be meaningless. Any ideas anyone as to what is really meant?
Proposed translations (English)
4 free corrosion
3 external corrosion
2 free corrosion

Proposed translations

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free corrosion

as opposed to contact corrosion

"Free corrosion potential:
Corrosion potential in the absence of net electrical current flowing to or from the metal surface."
Reference:

http://www.corrosionsource.com/handbook/glossary/f_glos.htm

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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "So it wasn't such a bad idea, then ..."
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free corrosion

gets its share of googles in this regard
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external corrosion

External corrosion can be found in connection with soil aggressiveness ...
Reference:

http://pubs.nrc-cnrc.gc.ca/cgi-bin/rp/rp2_abst_e?cgj_t02-106_40_ns_nf_cgj

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