EFFECT OF RUST ON THE WETTABILITY OF STEEL BY WATER

Authors
LU W CHUNG DDL
Citation
W. Lu et Ddl. Chung, EFFECT OF RUST ON THE WETTABILITY OF STEEL BY WATER, Cement and concrete research, 28(4), 1998, pp. 477-480
Citations number
5
Categorie Soggetti
Construcion & Building Technology","Material Science
Journal title
Cement and concrete research → ACNP
ISSN journal
00088846
Volume
28
Issue
4
Year of publication
1998
Pages
477 - 480
Database
ISI
SICI code
0008-8846(1998)28:4<477:EOROTW>2.0.ZU;2-E
Abstract
Rust, as formed on steel by immersion of low-carbon steel in water, wa s found to improve the wettability of steel by water. The advancing co ntact angle decreased from 87 degrees to 32 degrees, and the receding contact angle decreased from 81 degrees to 29 degrees. Cleansing of st eel by acetone also helped improve the wettability, but the advancing angle only decreased from 87 degrees to 73 degrees, and the receding a ngle only decreased from 81 degrees to 41 degrees. (C) 1998 Elsevier S cience Ltd.