Construction and characterization of a solution-filled external pressure balanced reference electrode

Corrosion Science

Volumn 63, Issue , 2012, Pages 174-181

  Nickchi, Tirdad ^a   Alfantazi, Akram ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

B. Electrochemical calculation; B. Modelling studies; C. Potential measurements

Indexed keywords

ELECTROCHEMICAL CALCULATION; ELECTRODE POTENTIALS; EXTERNAL PRESSURES; HEAT TRANSFER ANALYSIS; IR DROP; LIQUID JUNCTION POTENTIAL; MODELLING STUDIES; POTENTIAL MEASUREMENTS; REFERENCE ELECTRODES; SORET COEFFICIENTS; TEMPERATURE PROFILES; THEORETICAL CALCULATIONS;

CORROSION;

MATERIALS SCIENCE;

EID: 84864313559     PISSN: 0010938X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.corsci.2012.05.029     Document Type: Article

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