Cathodic protection INDEX

Domestic or industrial hot-water heaters of galvanized steel through which hot aerated water passes continuously are not protected reliably in all types of water by nontoxic chemical additions such as silicates or polyphosphates. Adjustment of the saturation index to a more positive value, as discussed earlier, is sometimes helpful. Often, cathodic protection or use of nonferrous metals, such as copper or 70% Ni-Cu (Monel), is the best or only practical measure. 

Considering the fact that the refractive index continues to increase after most of the polymerizable species are exhausted in the gas phase, DC LCVD of TMS in a closed system contains the aspect of LCVT of once-deposited plasma polymer coating by hydrogen luminous gas phase. In the later stage of closed-system LCVD, oligomeric moieties loosely attached to a three-dimensional network are converted to a more stable form, and significantly improved corrosion protection characteristics (compared to the counterpart in flow system polymerization of TMS) were found, details of which are presented in Part IV. Thus, the merit of closed-system cathodic polymerization is well established. 

---