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Galvanic corrosion of dissimilar metals can be minimized by controlling humidity near such bimetallic connections. In general, continuously dry bimetallic joints do not corrode. 

The galvanic probe continuously monitors the corrosion characteristics of the drilling fluid. The probe (Figure 4-473) consists of two dissimilar metal electrodes, usually brass and steel. The electrodes are mounted on, but insulated... 

THERMOCOUPLE. In 1821, Seebeck discovered that an electric current flows in a continuous circuit of two metals if the two junctions are at different temperatures, as shown in Fig. 1. A and B are two metals, T and T are the temperatures of the junctions. I is the thermoelectric current. A is thermoelectncally positive to B if 7i is the colder junction. In 1834, Peltier found that current flowing across a junction of dissimilar metals causes heat to be absorbed or liberated. The direction of heat flow reverses if current flow is reversed. Rate of heat flow is proportional to current but depends upon bodi temperature and the materials at die junction. Heat transfer rate is given by PI, where P is the Peltier coefficient in watts per ampere, or die Peltier emf in volts. Many studies of the characteristics of thermocouples have led to the formulation of three fundamental laws ... 

The most often used temperature detectors in renewable energy and most other processes are the thermocouples (TCs). Their operation is based on the principle known as the Seebeck effect. T. J. Seebeck discovered that heating the junction of dissimilar metals generates a small, continuous electromotive force (EMF). The name is a combination of thermo and couple denoting heat and two junctions, respectively. The dissimilar TC wires are joined at the hot (or measurement) end and also at the cold junction (reference end),... 

Its value in arson lies in its ability to mix dissimilar chemicals on command. One chemical is merely placed in a metal container and suspended above the other by a continuously energized electromagnet. When the current is removed, the container falls and the incident takes place. Variations of this technique will be discussed in the sections to follow. 

The Interface between Solids.—The interface between two dissimilar types of solid, drawn from metals, semiconductors, and insulators, has been a focus of interest since the earliest days of modern solid-state physics and continues so in theory and practisethe mutual interactions must be relevant to considerations of spillover. 

Pressure is a fundamental state variable like temperature or composition and is, thus, a suitable means to modify the properties of solids. Its application induces a continuous shortening of interatomic distances, within the stability ranges of structural phases. Different types of chemical bonding will generally exhibit dissimilar changes upon application of pressure, resulting in different compressibility for covalent and metallic solids (Figure 15.7), for example. 

In 1821, Estonian physicist Thomas Johann Seebeclc observed that when two wires of dissimilar conductors A and B (i.e., metals, alloys, or semiconductors) are joined together at both ends and the two junctions are kept at two different temperatures, i.e., cold junction temperature and hot junction temperature T, (Figure 9.1), the temperature differential AT = (T, - TJ produces an electric current that flows continuously through the circuit. This phenomenon was called the Seebeck effect after its discoverer. 

A conventional weather station approach has often been used to monitor atmospheric variables regsuxitng atmospheric corrosion [7]. Temperature and relative humidity may be recorded continuously, and these data are used to produce average temperatures for periods of time such as days, weeks, or months. Electrical monitoring sensors have been developed to measure when wetness exists on the surface by means of detecting a potential difference between dissimilar metals [8]. A standard device is shown in ASTM G 84, Practice for Measurement of Time of Wetness on Surfaces Exposed to Wetting Conditions as in Atmospheric Corrosion Testing. The information on time of wetness is usually reduced to a percentage or fraction of time a surface is wet in a month or in a year. 

The requirement to maintain electrical continuity in grounding and electromagnetic interference (EMI) shielding requires that corrosion in the contact areas be avoided. Galvanic corrosion, where dissimilar metals must be bonded, can lead to an increase in electrical resistance and loss in grounding. The same effect can occur with thermal contacts with the additional effect of higher temperatures. 

Prevention of bimetallic corrosion can be accomplished by preventing the flow of the corrosion currents between the dissimilar metals in contact. This can be by either insulating the dissimilar metals from each other (breaking the metallic path) or by preventing the formation of a continuous bridge of a conductive solution between the two metals (breaking the electrolytic path). 

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