An elementary book on electricity and magnetism and their applications (1919)
Jackson, Dugald C. (Dugald Caleb), 1865-1951, Jackson, John Price, b. 1868, Black, Newton Henry, b. 1874 · New York, The Macmillian Co · leaf 313
his current will shunt offthrough the earth and will follow any low-resistance con-ductor, such as a water or a gas main. Under ordinary con-ditions soils contain considerable water with various saltsin solution, which make the soil an electrolytic conductor.Figure 192 illustrates a very simple… … w ^aMttSa^ttt Water Main Fig. 192. Conditions for electrolysis of water mains at J.. we have corrosion due to electrolysis produced. The pipein moist ground serves as the anode plate in an electrolyticcell. Where these stray electric currents leave an iron pipefor the soil, there we find corrosion,…
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