Cathodic protection revisited: Impact on structural morphology sheds new light on its efficiency

Cement and Concrete Composites

Volumn 28, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 696-706

  Koleva, D A ^a   Hu, J ^a   Fraaij, A L A ^a   Stroeven, P ^a   Boshkov, N ^b   van Breugel, K ^a  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b INSTITUTE OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY   (Bulgaria)

Author keywords

Cathodic protection; Chloride ingress; Electrochemical measurement; Morphology; SEM image analysis

Indexed keywords

CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; CONCRETE CONSTRUCTION; CORROSION RESISTANCE; ELECTROCHEMICAL CORROSION; ENERGY DISPERSIVE SPECTROSCOPY; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); MORTAR; REINFORCED CONCRETE; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; STEEL CORROSION; STRUCTURAL OPTIMIZATION; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

CHLORIDE INGRESS; ELECTROCHEMICAL MEASUREMENT; ENERGY DISPERSIVE X-RAY ANALYSIS (EDXA); SEM IMAGE ANALYSIS;

CATHODIC PROTECTION;

EID: 33747040814     PISSN: 09589465     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cemconcomp.2006.05.009     Document Type: Article

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