Critical chloride content in reinforced concrete - A review

Cement and Concrete Research

Volumn 39, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 1122-1138

  Angst, Ueli ^a   Elsener, Bernhard ^b   Larsen, Claus K ^a,c   Vennesland, Øystein ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c NORWEGIAN PUBLIC ROADS ADMINISTRATION   (Norway)

Author keywords

Chloride; Corrosion; Durability; Reinforcement

Indexed keywords

CHLORIDE; CHLORIDE CONTENTS; CHLORIDE INDUCED CORROSION; CHLORIDE THRESHOLD; EXPERIMENTAL PROCEDURE; INFLUENCING FACTOR; LITERATURE REVIEWS; MEASUREMENT TECHNIQUES; NON-TRADITIONAL; RESEARCH EFFORTS; STATE OF THE ART; TEST METHOD;

BUILDING MATERIALS; CEMENT MANUFACTURE; CONCRETE BUILDINGS; CORROSION; DURABILITY; PORTLAND CEMENT; REINFORCED CONCRETE; REINFORCEMENT;

CHLORINE COMPOUNDS;

EID: 70350567759     PISSN: 00088846     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cemconres.2009.08.006     Document Type: Review

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