Assessment of Steel Reinforcement Corrosion State by Parameters of Potentiodynamic Diagrams

Krajči, Ľudovít; Jerga, Ján

doi:10.1515/cee-2015-0012

Abstract

The environment of the steel reinforcement has a significant impact on the durability and service life of a concrete structure. It is not only the presence of aggressive substances from the environment, but also the own composition of concrete mixture. The use of new types of cements, additives and admixtures must be preceded by verification, if they themselves shall not initiate the corrosion. There is a need for closer physical expression of the parameters of the potentiodynamic diagrams allowing reliable assessment of the influence of the surrounding environment on electrochemical behaviour of reinforcement. The analysis of zero retardation limits of potentiodynamic curves is presented.

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Assessment of Steel Reinforcement Corrosion State by Parameters of Potentiodynamic Diagrams

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