A Flow Line for Laser Diagnostics of Corrosion Damage
15.12.2008 г.

A Flow Line for Laser Diagnostics of Corrosion Damage

V. A. Kotenev

 

Institute of Physical Chemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences,
Leninskii pr. 31, Moscow, 117915 Russia

Received February 18, 2004

 

Abstract — A method of laser ellipsometric diagnostics of corrosion layers on a great number of samples in laboratory and field conditions is presented. A procedure of laser monitoring is proposed and verified; it allows to remotely control the corrosion layer thickness. A highly sensitive return-path double-reflection optical-electrochemical cell is developed. Basic methodological aspects of using a remote-control laser-ellipsometric probe in a flow line for the laser corrosion monitoring in corrosion tests are illustrated by the example of continuous corrosion monitoring of copper–nickel alloy in saline water.