Corrosion of mild steel was studied in soils brought from the Giza Pyramids area. The effect on the behaviour of galvanic couples, of grain particle size, differential aeration, and relative areas of the electrodes, was investigated. Fine sand was found to be more corrosive than coarse sand. The differential aeration effect is greater in the fine sand than in the coarse one and the couples corrode under mixed control conditions.
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