[TowerTalk] Corrosion of Copper Ground Conductors

[Kim Elmore]

I think that the short answer is "yes." The copper will corrode though it's a slow process.  Fundamentally, that's why we don't find much copper in a pure form. 

You might be able to forestall it with sacrificial anodes that themselves are more electrochemically active and so corrode instead of the copper, but beyond that I don't know how best to use them. 

Kim N5OP

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> On Oct 22, 2014, at 16:37, "Cox, Norman R." <nrc at mst.edu> wrote:
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> Dear Tower Experts,
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>   I now have the foundation poured for my new tower, and am designing the grounding system.  The soil here is acidic.  I was wondering what your experience has been with copper conductors below ground level.  Do they corrode in a few years?  Do you have a recommendation?
> 
> Thanks!
> 
> Norm
> KE0ZT
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