CorrTran MV Corrosion Monitor
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Conductance
Solution resistance is a measure of how easily electricity flows along a certain path through
an electrical element. The reciprocal of the solution resistance is solution conductance.
The CorrTran MV measures solution resistance in order to more accurately calculate the
general corrosion rates. As an added feature CorrTran MV provides you with the solution
conductance in units of Siemens as the tertiary variable that is not scalable. CorrTran MV
requires a minimum solution conductance of 4 μS in order to provide reliable corrosion
data.
The solution conductance value that CorrTran MV provides can be used to approximate
solution conductivity by this relationship:
Conductivity
(
S
cm
)
≈ Conductance (S)
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Solution conductivity is a function of distance. As the electrodes corrode, their sizes and
geometry change causing this correlation to deteriorate. The CorrTran MV should not be
considered as a replacement for standard conductivity meters.