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API RP 651 - Section 1-Scope

API Recommended Practice 651 provides procedures and practices for achieving effective corrosion control on aboveground storage tank bottoms through cathodic protection. The document defines an aboveground storage tank as a stationary container greater than 500 barrels that is over 90% above ground, and provides guidance for cathodic protection of such tanks. It establishes that corrosion is the deterioration of a material like metal due to reaction with its environment, and defines key terms related to cathodic protection.

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API RP 651 - Section 1-Scope

API Recommended Practice 651 provides procedures and practices for achieving effective corrosion control on aboveground storage tank bottoms through cathodic protection. The document defines an aboveground storage tank as a stationary container greater than 500 barrels that is over 90% above ground, and provides guidance for cathodic protection of such tanks. It establishes that corrosion is the deterioration of a material like metal due to reaction with its environment, and defines key terms related to cathodic protection.

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Practice questions API RP 651 - Section 1

scope
10 terms

The purpose of API recommended Practice 651 is to:
Present procedures & practices for achieving effective corrosion control on aboveground storage tank
bottoms through the use of cathodic protection

API 651 is intended to serve _________ to persons interested in cathodic protection.


Only as a guide

In API 651, an aboveground storage tank is defined as a stationary container of greater


than 500 barrel capacity, usually cylindrical in shape, consisting of a metallic roof, shell,
bottom & support structure where more than_______ percent is above surface grade.
90%

An electrode of an electrochemical cell at which oxidation (corrosion) occurs is called:


An anode

The deterioration of a material, usually a metal because of a reaction with its


environment is called:
Corrosion

A deep anode ground bed uses one or more anodes installed in a single vertical hole
typically _______ below the earth' s surface.
50 feet or more

A chemical substance containing ions that migrate in an electric field is referred to as


an electrolyte in API 651. An electrolyte refers to the:
Soil or liquid adjacent to & in contact with the bottom of an aboveground storage tank

A _________ is a device for converting alternating current to direct current.


Rectifier

Current flowing through paths other than the intended circuit is called:
A stray current

The fracture of a metal by the combined action of corrosion & tensile stress is referred
to as:
Stress corrosion cracking

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