Influence of connectivity of concrete pores and associated diffusion of oxygen on corrosion of steel under high humidity

Construction and Building Materials

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1014-1019

  Hussain, Raja Rizwan ^a   Ishida, Tetsuya ^b  

^a KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Corrosion rate; Experimentation; Oxygen diffusion; Reinforced concrete; Relative humidity

Indexed keywords

CONCRETE PORE; CONCRETE SPECIMENS; CORROSION OF STEEL; COVER DEPTH; DRY CONDITION; ENVIRONMENTAL VARIABLES; EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATIONS; EXPERIMENTATION; FIELD VARIABLES; FUTURE PROSPECTS; GASEOUS OXYGEN; HIGH HUMIDITY; HYDRATION PROCESS; LOW POROSITY; OXYGEN DIFFUSION; RELATIVE HUMIDITIES; STEEL BARS; SUBMERGED CONDITION; WATER/CEMENT RATIO; WETTING-DRYING; WIDE SPECTRUM;

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; CONCRETE BUILDINGS; DIFFUSION IN GASES; EXPERIMENTS; MOISTURE; OXYGEN; REINFORCED CONCRETE;

CORROSION RATE;

EID: 77949570746     PISSN: 09500618     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2009.11.017     Document Type: Article

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