ANALYSIS OF THE PROTECTIVE EFFICIENCY OF GALVANIZING AGAINST CORROSION OF REINFORCEMENTS EMBEDDED IN CHLORIDE CONTAMINATED CONCRETE

Authors
BAUTISTA A GONZALEZ JA
Citation
A. Bautista et Ja. Gonzalez, ANALYSIS OF THE PROTECTIVE EFFICIENCY OF GALVANIZING AGAINST CORROSION OF REINFORCEMENTS EMBEDDED IN CHLORIDE CONTAMINATED CONCRETE, Cement and concrete research, 26(2), 1996, pp. 215-224
Citations number
16
Categorie Soggetti
Construcion & Building Technology","Material Science
Journal title
Cement and concrete research → ACNP
ISSN journal
00088846
Volume
26
Issue
2
Year of publication
1996
Pages
215 - 224
Database
ISI
SICI code
0008-8846(1996)26:2<215:AOTPEO>2.0.ZU;2-A
Abstract
Galvanizing concrete embedded steel reinforcements is one of the metho ds for avoiding their corrosion. However, whether they can guarantee p redicted service lives for structures exposed to highly chloride conta ining media remains controversial. This paper analyses the protective efficiency of galvanized steel embedded in concrete specimens of varia ble cement/water/sand ratios immersed in sea water. The results are co mpared with those obtained for bare steel under the same conditions. T he influence of concrete porosity on the corrosion rate is discussed.