Investigation of steel corrosion in cracked concrete: Evaluation of macrocell and microcell rates using Tafel polarization response

Corrosion Science

Volumn 52, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 2725-2735

  Subramaniam, Kolluru V ^a   Bi, Mingdong ^b  

^a CITY COLLEGE OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b WEIDLINGER ASSOCIATES INC   (United States)

Author keywords

A. Concrete; B. Polarization; C. Evans Diagram; C. Macrocell; C. Microcell; C. Tafel

Indexed keywords

A. CONCRETE; C. MACROCELL; CRACKED CONCRETES; EXPERIMENTAL VALUES; FLEXURAL CRACKS; MACRO CELLS; MACRO-CELL CORROSION; MACROCELL CURRENTS; METAL LOSS; MICRO CELL; TAFEL POLARIZATION;

CORROSION; CRACKS; REINFORCED CONCRETE; REINFORCEMENT;

POLARIZATION;

EID: 77954816939     PISSN: 0010938X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.corsci.2010.04.030     Document Type: Article

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