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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 09, 1985
Filed:
Aug. 09, 1983
Teruo Miyashita, Ihara, JP;
Koichi Yoshida, Ihara, JP;
Nippon Light Metal Company Limited, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An aluminum article is protected against electrochemical corrosive attack by an aqueous medium with which the article is at least partially in contact by the steps of observing the cathodic potential of the article relative to a reference electrode in contact with the medium; when the observed cathodic potential of said article approaches the potential at which pitting corrosion of the same is initiated, electrically connecting said article directly to a source of potential electronegative with respect to the observed potential of the article to repress the cathodic potential of said article to within the alkali corrosion range; and after the cathodic potential is repressed within the alkali corrosion range, disconnecting the article from said electronegative potential source to allow the article to gradually return to its natural cathodic potential in the medium.