Galvanic Effects of Various Metallic Couples on Marine Biofouling in a Coral Reef Environment

Corrosion Reviews

Volumn 20, Issue 6-4, 2002, Pages 453-468

  Sternhell, G ^a   Taylor, Paul ^b   Itzhak, D ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^b DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; BRASS; COPPER; FOULING; NICKEL ALLOYS; PLATE METAL; REEFS; STAINLESS STEEL; SUPERALLOYS; TITANIUM ALLOYS; X RAY DIFFRACTION ANALYSIS; ZIRCONIUM;

CALCIUM CARBONATE; CORAL REEF; ELECTROCHEMICAL CALCIFICATION; GALVANIC EFFECT; MARINE BIOFOULING;

CORROSION;

EID: 0037004521     PISSN: 03346005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/CORRREV.2002.20.6.453     Document Type: Article

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