Patents Assigned to Bournemouth University Higher Education Corporation
  • Patent number: 11486816
    Abstract: Apparatus (200) for detecting corrosion of a coating (250) of an object (216), the apparatus comprising: an electrically conductive body (202) defining a cavity (204) for containing an electrolyte (206), the body (202) arranged to be, in use, in electrically conductive contact with the object (216) and arranged to isolate, in use, the electrolyte (206) from the object; and a first electrode (208) within the cavity (204), the first electrode (208) for electrical connection to a potentiostat (402) or to a galvanostat and arranged to be, in use, in electrical contact with the electrolyte (206) in the cavity (204); wherein the body (202) comprises a first part (222) and a second part (224), the second part (224) being slidably movable relative to the first part (222) between a retracted position and an extended position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2022
    Assignee: Bournemouth University Higher Education Corporation
    Inventors: Zulfiqar Ahmad Khan, Hammad Nazir, Adil Saeed