Test methods for on-site corrosion rate measurement of steel reinforcement in concrete by means of the polarization resistance method

Materials and Structures/Materiaux et Constructions

Volumn 37, Issue 273, 2004, Pages 623-643

  Andrade, Carmen ^a,b   Alonso, C ^b   Gulikers, J ^b   Polder, R ^b   Cigna, R ^b   Vennesland, O ^b   Salta, M ^b   Raharinaivo, A ^b   Elsener, B ^b  

^a INSTITUTO DE CIENCIAS DE LA CONSTRUCCIÓN EDUARDO TORROJA   (Spain)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONCRETE CONSTRUCTION; CURRENT DENSITY; ELECTRIC RESISTANCE; ELECTRODES; HIGH TEMPERATURE EFFECTS; POLARIZATION; POROSITY; STEEL;

CONCRETE RESISTIVITY; GRAVIMETRIC LOSSES; ON-SITE CORROSION RATE MEASUREMENT; STEEL REINFORCEMENT;

CORROSION;

EID: 9744278275     PISSN: 13595997     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1617/13952     Document Type: Article

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