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http://dx.doi.org/10.4334/JKCI.2007.19.6.785

The Use of Galvanostatic Pulse Transient Techniques for Assessing of Corrosion Rate of Reinforcing steel in Concrete  

So, Hyoung-Seok (Dept. of Architectural Engineering, Seonam University)
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Journal of the Korea Concrete Institute / v.19, no.6, 2007 , pp. 785-793 More about this Journal
Abstract
An electrochemical transient response technique was used to study the corrosion of reinforcing steel bar in the concrete. Analysis of the transient electrochemical potential response in a corrosion interface to an applied current has enabled the separate components that make up the measured transient response to be isolated. These components display a range of resistances and capacitances, dependent on the corrosion conditions of the reinforcing steel, which may be attributed to the corrosion process, to effects within the concrete cover or to film effects on the surface of the concrete. In this technique, the corrosion rate was evaluated by summing all of the resistances in the separate components to obtain an aggregated corrosion resistance. However, it is possible that not all resistances identified are associated with the corrosion process. The results obtained show that the corrosion rates are significant dependent on the assignment of the separate components to either corrosion or to other processes. The assignment of resistive components associated with the corrosion rate can be clearly identified by taking a series of the transient measurement at different lateral distances from the corroding reinforcing steel. An inappropriate selection of measurement time however may result in an additional resistance, which is not associated with corrosion, being included or part of the resistance associated with corrosion being left out.
Keywords
corrosion; reinforcing steel; concrete; transient; lateral distance;
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