CORROSION AND PROTECTION OF STEEL PILES IN A NATURAL SEAWATER ENVIRONMENT

This report describes the first eight years of a long term program in which twenty-three coating systems and five cathodic protection systems are evaluated on their ability to protect steel piles in offshore conditions. These systems are made up of nonmetallic coatings, metallic pigmented coatings, nonmetallic coatings on metal filled coatings, nonmetallic coatings on metallic coatings, metallic coatings, and cathodic protection on bare and coated piles. It includes a description of the annual on site electrochemical coating evaluation and a description of the final physical evaluation made on the piles after removal. The results of these electrochemical and physical evaluations are presented graphically and in tabular form.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Sponsored in part by American Iron and Steel Inst., Washington, D.C. Supersedes rept. NBSIR-76-1104. Library of Congress Catalog Card number LCCCN-76-608410.
• Corporate Authors:

  National Bureau of Standards

  Institute for Materials Research
  Washington, DC  United States  20234

  American Iron and Steel Institute

  150 East 42nd Street
  New York, NY  United States  10017
• Authors:
  • Escalante, E
  • Iverson, W P
  • Gerhold, W F
  • Sanderson, B T
  • Alumbaugh, R L
• Publication Date: 1977-6

Media Info

• Pagination: 46 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Cathodic protection; Coatings; Corrosion; Corrosion protection; Corrosion tests; Offshore structures; Performance evaluations; Piles (Supports); Protective coatings; Seawater; Steel; Tables (Data)
• Candidate Terms: Seawater corrosion
• Uncontrolled Terms: Steel piling
• Old TRIS Terms: Coating performance
• Subject Areas: Bridges and other structures; Marine Transportation;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00166383
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Technical Information Service
• Report/Paper Numbers: NBS-MN-158 Final Rpt.
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Sep 20 1977 12:00AM