Concentration cells and pitting corrosion of copper

Corrosion

Volumn 55, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 1069-1076

  Sosa, M ^a   Patel, S ^b   Edwards, M ^c  

^a CH2M HILL   (United States)

^b Integrated Sensing Systems (ISSYS) Inc   (United States)

^c State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Copper; Pitting corrosion; Potable water

Indexed keywords

EID: 1342294927     PISSN: 00109312     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5006/1.3283944     Document Type: Article

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