High-Temporal-Resolution Corrosion Monitoring in Fluctuating-Temperature Environments with an Improved Electrical Resistance Sensor
The electrical resistance (ER) method is widely used for atmospheric corrosion measurements and can be used to measure the corrosion rate accurately. However, severe errors occur in environments with temperature fluctuations, such as areas exposed to solar radiation, preventing accurate temporal cor...
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| description | The electrical resistance (ER) method is widely used for atmospheric corrosion measurements and can be used to measure the corrosion rate accurately. However, severe errors occur in environments with temperature fluctuations, such as areas exposed to solar radiation, preventing accurate temporal corrosion rate measurement. To decrease the error, we developed an improved sensor composed of a reference metal film and an overlaid sensor metal film to cancel temperature differences between them. The improved sensor was compared with an existing sensor product in outdoor monitoring experiments. The spike-like error during the daytime was successfully reduced. Furthermore, by utilizing a data-filtering process, we measured the corrosion rate every hour. Hourly corrosion rate measurements were difficult when the average daily corrosion rate was less than 50 µm/year under conditions of 0.05 g/m<sup>2</sup> salt. Observations showed a strong correlation between corrosion rate and sensor surface humidity. In the future, this method will make it possible to study the relationship between the atmospheric corrosion rate and environmental changes over time. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-ddf3d8fbbf7c4642a2241943bc8cb2ff2025-01-10T13:21:25ZengMDPI AGSensors1424-82202025-01-0125126810.3390/s25010268High-Temporal-Resolution Corrosion Monitoring in Fluctuating-Temperature Environments with an Improved Electrical Resistance SensorMao Takeyama0Meteorology and Fluid Science Division, Central Research Institute of Electric Power Industry, 1646 Abiko, Abiko-shi 270-1194, Chiba, JapanThe electrical resistance (ER) method is widely used for atmospheric corrosion measurements and can be used to measure the corrosion rate accurately. However, severe errors occur in environments with temperature fluctuations, such as areas exposed to solar radiation, preventing accurate temporal corrosion rate measurement. To decrease the error, we developed an improved sensor composed of a reference metal film and an overlaid sensor metal film to cancel temperature differences between them. The improved sensor was compared with an existing sensor product in outdoor monitoring experiments. The spike-like error during the daytime was successfully reduced. Furthermore, by utilizing a data-filtering process, we measured the corrosion rate every hour. Hourly corrosion rate measurements were difficult when the average daily corrosion rate was less than 50 µm/year under conditions of 0.05 g/m<sup>2</sup> salt. Observations showed a strong correlation between corrosion rate and sensor surface humidity. In the future, this method will make it possible to study the relationship between the atmospheric corrosion rate and environmental changes over time.https://www.mdpi.com/1424-8220/25/1/268electrical resistance methodatmospheric corrosion sensoroutdoor monitoringcorrosion depthcorrosion rate |
| spellingShingle | Mao Takeyama High-Temporal-Resolution Corrosion Monitoring in Fluctuating-Temperature Environments with an Improved Electrical Resistance Sensor Sensors electrical resistance method atmospheric corrosion sensor outdoor monitoring corrosion depth corrosion rate |
| title | High-Temporal-Resolution Corrosion Monitoring in Fluctuating-Temperature Environments with an Improved Electrical Resistance Sensor |
| title_full | High-Temporal-Resolution Corrosion Monitoring in Fluctuating-Temperature Environments with an Improved Electrical Resistance Sensor |
| title_fullStr | High-Temporal-Resolution Corrosion Monitoring in Fluctuating-Temperature Environments with an Improved Electrical Resistance Sensor |
| title_full_unstemmed | High-Temporal-Resolution Corrosion Monitoring in Fluctuating-Temperature Environments with an Improved Electrical Resistance Sensor |
| title_short | High-Temporal-Resolution Corrosion Monitoring in Fluctuating-Temperature Environments with an Improved Electrical Resistance Sensor |
| title_sort | high temporal resolution corrosion monitoring in fluctuating temperature environments with an improved electrical resistance sensor |
| topic | electrical resistance method atmospheric corrosion sensor outdoor monitoring corrosion depth corrosion rate |
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