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when you are installing cathodically protected underground systems you
should make sure that anode lead wires and monitoring wires are? -
ANSWERS-back filled with care and left slack to provide flexibility
when sacrificial anodes are installed they should be? - ANSWERS-back
filled with native soil soaked with three to five gallons of water
connections between anode lead wires and structures that are to be
thought of you protected should be - ANSWERS-thermite welded or
made by means of pressure type grounding clamps
in the absence of specific plan installation of anodes used for the
cathodic protection of underground piping systems should be
characterized by one of the following Arrangements - ANSWERS-at
least two magnesium anodes should be positioned vertically 5 feet from
the center of the pipe trench and below the level of the piping
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cathodic protected piping must be electronically continuous.
unconnected pipe in the system should be bonded with? - ANSWERS-
number 12 TW or THHN stranded or solid wire
while in some cases a single anode might be sufficient for providing
cathodic protection of a piping system it is recommended that more than
one anode is used for what reason - ANSWERS-a damaged accidentally
occurs to the lead wire of a single an ode or if some other malfunction
occurs the additional backup anodes will be available to protect the
system
about how many linear feet of well coated 2 inch nominal diameter steel
pipe buried in a mildly corrosive soil will be protected from 20 to 30
years by to standard 17 pound magnesium anodes? - ANSWERS-1000
feet
in the installation of cathodic protection systems it is advisable to
include test stations which will permit all but one of the following
measurements. which one is not appropriate?
tank to soil potential.
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dispenser to Island form potential.
pipe to soil potential.
initial tank to piping isolation. - ANSWERS-dispenser to Island form
potential
electrical isolation of the different components of an underground
storage system can be achieved by? - ANSWERS-the use of isolation
unions and bushings made of nonconductive material
when an operator is monitoring the structure to soil potential of the tank
been protected from corrosion by an impressed current cathodic
protection system he should turn the rectifier how? - ANSWERS-on
the structure to soil potential of a cathodic Lee protected steel structure
relative to a copper / copper sulfate reference electrode must be at least
how many volts? - ANSWERS-- 0.85 volts
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two metals commonly used as sacrificial anodes to protect buried steel
structures from corrosion are? - ANSWERS-zinc and magnesium
sacrificial anodes have what type of potential? - ANSWERS-a limited
driving potential
which of the following choices list all the essential components of an
electrochemical corrosion cell - ANSWERS-an anode a cathode a
metallic path connecting anode and cathode and an electrolyte
does in sacrificial anode cathodic protection system require power? -
ANSWERS-no external power supply is needed
sacrificial anode cathodic Protection Systems are primarily effective in -
ANSWERS-installations we're relatively low current output is adequate
to protect the structure
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