The evolution of the corrosion of iron in hydraulic binders analysed from 46- and 260-year-old buildings

Corrosion Science

Volumn 52, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 3168-3179

  Demoulin, Amélie ^a   Trigance, Charlotte ^b   Neff, Delphine ^a   Foy, Eddy ^a   Dillmann, Philippe ^a,c   L'Hostis, Valérie ^d  

^a CEA SACLAY   (France)

^b CEBTP SOLEN   (France)

^c Université Technologique de Belfort Montbéliard   (France)

^d DIF   (France)

Author keywords

A. Long term corrosion; A. Reinforced concrete; A. Steel; B. XRD; B. Raman spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

A. LONG TERM CORROSION; A. REINFORCED CONCRETE; ANALYTICAL METHOD; AQUEOUS CORROSION; CORROSION PATTERNS; CORROSION PROCESS; FERRIHYDRITES; HYDRAULIC BINDERS; LEPIDOCROCITE; LONG-TERM CORROSION; MAGHEMITES; MICROSCOPIC SCALE; MILL SCALE; OXYHYDROXIDES; PH CONDITION; STRUCTURAL EVOLUTION; WET/DRY CYCLES; WUSTITE; XRD;

BINDERS; BIOLOGY; CONCRETE BUILDINGS; IRON; MAGNETITE; OXIDE MINERALS; RAMAN SCATTERING; RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY; REINFORCED CONCRETE;

CORROSION;

EID: 77955511060     PISSN: 0010938X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.corsci.2010.05.019     Document Type: Article

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