The development and testing of low-profile ductile iron electrical resistance corrosion probes
are presented. Included are field and laboratory evaluations relating to the corrosion
behavior of ductile iron with and without the annealing oxide coating as well as carbon steel
in the same testing environments. Also included are corrosion rate reduction and
corresponding cathodic protection parameters, and the corrosion protection performance of
the annealing oxide with and without standard asphaltic shop coatings. The metal loss,
corrosion rate, electrochemical noise and calculated corrosion rate values are compared with
pre-exposure probe measurement surface characteristics. At the conclusion of the laboratory
testing, physical inspection of the probes were compared with the corrosion rates integrated
over the period of the testing. The results presented demonstrate the viability of low-profile
ductile corrosion probes as well as quantify the corrosion protection provided by the
annealing oxide and asphaltic coatings.