Patent ID: 8298390

Claim:
An electrochemical probe for corrosion monitoring in an environment that may cause the formation of electron-conducting deposits on the probe, comprising: (a) a plurality of electrodes; (b) a body wherein a portion of each electrode is embedded to form a probe and the remaining portion of the electrodes is exposed out of the probe body; (c) electrical leads connected individually to each electrode at the end of the electrodes that are being embedded; and (d) a coating that is chemically and mechanically stable in said environment; wherein the coating is applied to the electrodes, such that all surface areas of each exposed electrode—except for a polished area at the electrode tip that serves as the active area of the electrode—is covered by the coating and the electrodes are spaced such that there are gaps between the outside surfaces of the coatings of the adjacent electrodes near the active areas to prevent the formation of evenly distributed electron-conducting deposits on the electrodes to cause short-circuiting between any two active areas.