Abstract: A corrosion sensor (1), apparatus for detecting corrosion of a surface incorporating the sensor, a structural assembly (1,21) incorporating the sensor and method for detecting corrosion of a surface employing the sensor are provided. The sensor comprises a thin flexible non-conducting substrate (18) for attachment to a surface subject to corrosive influence and an array of at least two thin flexible metallic electrodes (2,3,4) carried on the substrate wherein the electrodes are disposed closely adjacent one another so as to permit the generation of electric current by electrochemical action therebetween upon corrosion of the electrodes.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
August 4, 1992
Date of Patent:
February 15, 1994
Assignees:
British Aerospace Public Limited Company, Capcis March Ltd.