sacrificial anode

Noun

Meaning

sacrificial anode (plural sacrificial anodes)

(manufacturing) A piece of corrodible metal, attached to a metallic surface to be protected, that is preferentially consumed by electrolytic action

Source: en.wiktionary.org

Synonyms

galvanic anode sacrificial rod

Examples

The engine's casing is mostly missing, having acted as a sacrificial anode in its time underwater but the internals are remarkably preserved. Source: Internet

The sacrificial anode must be made from something with a more negative electrode potential than the iron or steel, commonly zinc, aluminium, or magnesium. Source: Internet

In its simplest form, it is achieved by attaching a sacrificial anode, thereby making the iron or steel the cathode in the cell formed. Source: Internet

These approaches rely on the aluminium and zinc oxides reprotecting a once-scratched surface, rather than oxidizing as a sacrificial anode as in traditional galvanized coatings. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

sacrificeless sacrificer sacrificial sacrificial lamb sacrificial offering sacrificial poet