Making reinforced concrete immune from chloride corrosion

Proceedings of Institution of Civil Engineers: Construction Materials

Volumn 160, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 155-164

  Glass, G K ^a   Reddy, B ^b   Clark, L A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b CULHAM SCIENCE CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

concrete structures; corrosion; materials technology

Indexed keywords

ALKALINITY; CEMENTS; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; CONCRETE BUILDINGS; CONCRETE CONSTRUCTION; CORROSION; CORROSION PREVENTION; ELECTROLYTES; PHASE INTERFACES; REINFORCED CONCRETE;

CHLORIDE CONTAMINATION; CHLORIDE INDUCED CORROSION; CHLORIDE THRESHOLD LEVELS; CONCRETE ENVIRONMENTS; ELECTROCHEMICAL TREATMENTS; LABORATORY CONDITIONS; MATERIALS TECHNOLOGY; STEEL-CONCRETE INTERFACE;

STEEL CORROSION;

EID: 84871069563     PISSN: 1747650X     EISSN: 17476518     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1680/coma.2007.160.4.155     Document Type: Article

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