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Ever since she was a young girl, my sister has been interested in agriculture. After graduating with a degree in agriculture education, she accepted a teaching position at a local high school. For the past three years, she has been amazing her students with her knowledge about subjects such as raising beef cattle, growing flowers, and canning fruit preserves. Since she has a sweet tooth, canning fruit preserves is one of my sister’s favorite pastimes. If she ever has the time, she may even launch her own home based business canning fruit preserves to sell to customers. If you’re considering canning jams, jellies, and other sweet goods to sell to customers, you will need to invest in some state-of-the-art industrial equipment. On this blog, you will discover the types of industrial equipment that are necessary to start a canning business.

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3 Essentials Every Corrosion Testing Kit Should Include

Malou Leffers

Corrosion testing is an important part of corrosion prevention and protection. A corrosion testing kit is a great way to quickly and easily measure corrosion potential, corrosion rate, and other corrosion-related parameters on metals. This is important for various industrial and consumer applications, such as corrosion protection of bridges, aircraft, and other vital infrastructure.

Here are the main components of a good corrosion testing kit. 

Corrosion Testing Probes

Corrosion probes are used to measure corrosion potential and corrosion rate. These corrosion probes come with corrosion-resistant tips so that the deterioration can be accurately measured without risk of damage to the probes themselves.

They come in various sizes and shapes, depending on the type of testing. For example, corrosion probes with a small diameter are used to measure corrosion in smaller areas, where testing could be more difficult. The probes send a galvanic current from the corrosion-resistant tip of the probe to the corroded area, measuring corrosion potential and corrosion rate over time.

Corrosion Test Strips

Corrosion test strips are used to measure corrosion potential and corrosion rate more directly. By submerging corrosion test strips in the area being tested, the potential and rate of corrosion can be measured directly. This is useful when these parameters need to be determined quickly.

These corrosion test strips come in various corrosion-resistant materials and are often pre-coated with specific inhibitors. This allows for easier testing of corrosion resistance properties in various environments.

The test strips basically act as corrosion indicator electrodes, which act as an electrochemical reference for testing applications.

Data Logging and Software

Finally, corrosion testing kits often come with data logging and corrosion analysis software, which allow corrosion testers to easily record and analyze the corrosion data collected from the corrosion probes. These data logging and corrosion analysis software can be used to store corrosion data, plot corrosion curves, analyze corrosion rates, and more.

They consist of special data acquisition systems and analysis software. The corrosion data acquisition system allows corrosion testers to easily input corrosion-related parameters into the software, while the analysis software uses special algorithms to analyze corrosion rates, potentials, and other related data collected from the corrosion probes.

The software has to be user-friendly to allow corrosion testers to quickly analyze corrosion data and make informed decisions based on what they find.

With these components, corrosion prevention professionals can quickly and accurately measure corrosion potential, corrosion rate, and other parameters in different materials under various environmental conditions. This helps ensure effective corrosion protection for vital infrastructure. Invest in a corrosion testing kit today to make corrosion prevention and protection easier.


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