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cathodic protection
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Definition of CATHODIC PROTECTION
: the prevention of electrolytic corrosion of a usually metallic structure (as a pipeline) by causing it to act as the cathode rather than as the anode of an electrochemical cell
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First Known Use of CATHODIC PROTECTION
1930
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