THE INHIBITION OF THE CORROSION OF STEEL IN CONCRETE
LITERATURE ON THE CAUSES AND PREVENTION OF CORROSION IS FIRST REVIEWED. TESTS CARRIED OUT BY THE BUILDING RESEARCH STATION, GARSTON ARE THEN DESCRIBED. THESE WERE CARRIED OUT TO ESTABLISH: (1) THE NATURE OF THE CORROSION OF STEEL IN CHLORIDE-BEARING ALKALINE ENVIRONMENTS INHIBITED BY SODIUM NITRITE, (2) THE DIFFERENT EFFECTS PRODUCED BY SODIUM NITRITE AND SODIUM BENZOATE, AND (3) THE EFFECT OF INHIBITORS ON THE COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH OF CONCRETE TOGETHER WITH FIELD EXPOSURE TESTS. THE CORROSION AND CORROSION INHIBITION OF STEEL HAVE BEEN ASSESSED FROM: (1) IMMERSION TESTS WHERE THE RATE OF CORROSION IS MEASURED BY THE WEIGHT LOSS OF A SERIES OF SPECIMENS EXPOSED FOR DIFFERENT TIMES TO THE CORROSIVE ENVIRONMENT, AND (2) ELECTROCHEMICAL TESTS ON STEEL IN CONCRETE, WHERE STEEL SPECIMENS ARE MADE THE ANODE IN AN ELECTROCHEMICAL CELL, THE ATTAINMENT OF A STEADY POTENTIAL INDICATING PASSIVITY OF THE STEEL. /RRL/
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Availability:
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Supplemental Notes:
- Vol 36, No 1704-1705, PP 19-21 & 40-41, 9 FIG, 3 TAB, 19 REF
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Corporate Authors:
Embankment Press Limited
Building 59, GEC Estate, East Lane
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Authors:
- Treadaway, K W
- Russell, A D
- Publication Date: 1968-8
Media Info
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Serial:
- Highways and Public Works
- Publisher: D.R. Publications Limited
- ISSN: 0142-6168
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Chlorides; Compressive strength; Concrete; Corrosion protection; Corrosion tests; Electrochemistry; Immersion tests; Material reinforcement; Sodium compounds
- Old TRIS Terms: Immersion corrosion tests
- Subject Areas: Geotechnology; Highways; Materials;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 00216580
- Record Type: Publication
- Source Agency: Road Research Laboratory /UK
- Files: TRIS
- Created Date: Apr 9 1971 12:00AM