Magnesium Anodes are widely used for cathodic protection in underground steel pipelines,tanks,boilers,condensers,water,heatexchangers,ship hulla and marine structures applications,because Magnesium Anodes has the greatest driving potential of any other metals.
Chemical composition Of Mg anode rod, %
Alloy Al Zn Mn Si Cu Ni Fe Total of Impurities(max)
AZ63B 5.30-6.70 2.50-3.50 0.15-0.70 0.10 0.02 0.002 0.003 0.30
MgAlZn 5.0-7.0 2.0-4.0 0.2-1.0 0.3 0.05 0.002 0.02 0.30
Electrochemical properties Of Mg anode rod
Open voltage Closed voltage Actual capacity Efficiency
(-V) (-V) (A.h/kg) (%)
1.50-1.55 1.45-1.50 1,230 min 55 min
Magnesium Anodes