Brown Cp Flashcards
Interference is
Any electrical disturbance on a metallic structure caused by stray current
Stray current is
Current flowing on a structure that it is not part of the intended electrical circuit
Dynamic stray currents vary in magnitude and often in direction. These currents can be?
Man made or natural in origin
Man made dynamic stray currents come from sources such as
Mine railroads,rail transit system and arc welding operations
Tellurium currents are
Naturally occurring dynamic stray currents caused by earths magnetic field by sun spot activity
Steady state or static stray current
Maintain constant magnitude and direction
Dynamic stray currents are manifested by
Fluctuations in structure-electrolyte potentials readings
Electrons are
Particles that carry a negative charge…….also help to hold matter together (kind of like midterm)
Voltage (joule/coulomb) or potential
A electromotive force or a difference in potential expressed in volts
Voltage is the energy that puts charges in motion
Corrosion uses these units of measure
Volts
Millivolts
Microvolt a
1,000 volts is
1 kilovolt
1.000 volts equals
1000 millivolts
0.100 is
100 millivolts
0.010 volt is
10 millivolts
0.001 volt is
1 millivolts
0.000001 is
1 microvolt
EMF is
Electromotive force any voltage
E or e is
Voltage across a source of electrical energy (battery,pipe-to soil potential )