CORROSION PROTECTION OF REINFORCING STEEL PROVIDED BY POLMER-IMREGNATED CONCRETE

The protection against corrosion provided reinforcing bars by polymer-impregnated concrete was investigated. Partially-impregnated slabs and fully-impregnated piling specimens were used in the investigation. The slabs were sprayed with salt water for 20 months and the pilings were immersed in sea water for 12 and 28 months. The bars from the control slabs had about 24 times more surface area corrosion than bars from the treated slabs. The chloride content in the treated slabs ranged from 4.6 percent to 38.2 percent of that in the control slabs. The bars from the control piles had corrosion ranging from 10 percent to 39 percent over the surface area while the PIC specimens had corrosion over 0.5 percent or less of the bar area. The chloride content of the PIC piles ranged from 3.4 percent to 8.5 percent of the chloride in the controls. /FHWA/

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Sponsored by Texas State Department of Highways and Public Transportation in Cooperation with FHWA See also PB-223409.
• Corporate Authors:

  University of Texas, Austin

  Center for Highway Research, 200 West 21st Street
  Austin, TX  United States  78712

  Federal Highway Administration

  1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590

  Texas State Department of Highways & Public Transportation

  Division of Planning and Research, P.O. Box 5051
  Austin, TX  United States  78763
• Authors:
  • Fowler, D W
  • Paul, D R
  • Yimprasert, P
• Publication Date: 1974-12

Media Info

• Pagination: 32 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Chloride content; Corrosion protection; Polymer concrete; Reinforcing steel; Seawater; Slabs; Support piles; Surfaces; Testing
• Uncontrolled Terms: Surface area
• Subject Areas: Bridges and other structures; Geotechnology; Highways; Materials;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00130609
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Federal Highway Administration
• Report/Paper Numbers: CFHR-3-9-71-114-2
• Files: NTIS, TRIS, USDOT, STATEDOT
• Created Date: Mar 29 1976 12:00AM