TEST PROCEDURE FOR RUST PROTECTION AGENTS IN ACCORDANCE WITH GERMAN STANDARD DIN 4223

PRUEFVERFAHREN FUER ROSTSCHUTZMITTEL NACH DIN 4223

THE ANTICIPATED LONG-TERM AND SHORT-TERM TESTS SHOULD PROVIDE INFORMATION ON THE AMOUNT OF RUST ON REINFORCING BARS IN THE SLABS. FROM THE RESULT A PROPOSAL IS TO BE MADE FOR A SHORT-TERM TEST METHOD, AND THIS IS TO BE CONSIDERED IN THE NEW VERSION OF GERMAN STANDARD DIN 4223 - STEAM HARDENED GAS CONCRETE; REINFORCED STRUCTURAL ELEMENTS. THE FOLLOWING ARE TO BE EXAMINED IN DETAIL: 1 - LONG-TERM TESTS; 2 - SHORT-TERM TESTS; 3 - SHORT-TERM TESTS WITH SODIUM CHLORIDE SOLUTION CONTAINING HYDROGEN PEROXIDE ON SECTIONS OF SLABS; 4 - SHORT-TERM TESTS IN CONDENSATION WATER/ CHANGING CLIMATE WITH REFERENCE TO GERMAN STANDARD DIN 50017 - MATERIAL, CONSTRUCTION ELEMENTS AND EQUIPMENT TESTING; STRESS IN CONDENSATION WATER - CLIMATES - DECEMBER 1963 EDITION, USING PRISMS; 5 - SHORT-TERM TESTS IN CONDENSATION WATER/CHANGING CLIMATE WITH ATMOSPHERE CONTAINING SULPHUR DIOXIDE IN ACCORDANCE WITH DIN 50018, DECEMBER 1963 EDITION, USING PRISMS.