CONCRETE PIPE IN HIGH SULFATE SOILS FOUND IN EXCELLENT CONDITION AFTER 34 YEARS

AN EXAMINATION OF A CONCRETE WATER PIPELINE IN COLOMBIA SHOWED THE CONCRETE TO BE UNDAMAGED BY SOILS CONTAINING SULFATE AS HIGH AS 31,000 PPM. ALTHOUGH INTERIOR OF THE PIPE HAD BEEN ATTACKED BY FREE CARBON DIOXIDE IN THE WATER, THIS IS NOT SEEN AS A SERIOUS PROBLEM. PIPE MANUFACTURE AND RESULTS OF CHEMICAL AND PETROGRAPHIC TESTS ON THE CONCRETE RESULTS OF CHEMICAL PAND PETROGRAPHIC TESTS ON THE CONCRETE ARE DESCRIBED.

• Authors:
  • Burnett, G E
• Publication Date: 1974-2

Media Info

• Features: References;
• Pagination: p. 80-1
• Serial:
  • Am Concrete Inst Journal & Proceedings
  • Volume: 71
  • Issue Number: 2

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Aggregates; Carbonates; Chemical properties; Chemical tests; Chlorides; Concrete pipe; Corrosion; Petrography; Portland cement; Reinforced concrete; Soils; Sulfate resisting cement; Sulfates
• Subject Areas: Geotechnology; Highways; Hydraulics and Hydrology;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00204545
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: May 15 1974 12:00AM