Influence of surface impregnation with silane on penetration of chloride into cracked concrete and on corrosion of steel reinforcement

International Journal of Modelling, Identification and Control

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 135-141

  Wittmann, Folker H ^a,b   Zhao, Tie Jun ^b   Ren, Zhao Jun ^b   Guo, Ping Gong ^c  

^a Aedificat Institute Freiburg   (Germany)

^b QINGDAO TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c HENAN UNIVERSITY OF URBAN CONSTRUCTION   (China)

Author keywords

Chloride penetration; Corrosion; Cracks; Silane; Surface impregnation

Indexed keywords

CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; CONCRETE BUILDINGS; CONCRETE CONSTRUCTION; CORROSION; CORROSION RATE; CRACKS; IMPREGNATION; REINFORCED CONCRETE; SILANES; SULFUR COMPOUNDS;

AGGRESSIVE ENVIRONMENT; CHLORIDE PENETRATION; CHLORIDE-CONTAMINATED CONCRETES; CORROSION OF STEEL; DURABILITY OF CONCRETES; PROTECTIVE TREATMENT; SURFACE IMPREGNATION; WATER REPELLENT SURFACES;

STEEL CORROSION;

EID: 67749124929     PISSN: 17466172     EISSN: 17466180     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJMIC.2009.027066     Document Type: Article

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