Development of a galvanic sensor system for detecting the corrosion damage of the steel embedded in concrete structures: Part 1. Laboratory tests to correlate galvanic current with actual damage

Cement and Concrete Research

Volumn 33, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 2057-2062

  Yoo, Ji Hong ^a   Park, Zin Taek ^a   Kim, Jung Gu ^a   Chung, Lan ^b  

^a Sungkyunkwan University   (South Korea)

^b Dankook University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Chloride; Concrete; Corrosion; Galvanic sensor system; Pore solution

Indexed keywords

ELECTRODES; HYDRATED LIME; SODIUM CHLORIDE; STEEL; STEEL CORROSION;

PORE SOLUTION;

REINFORCED CONCRETE;

EID: 0142061497     PISSN: 00088846     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0008-8846(03)00226-6     Document Type: Article

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