Investigations on the resistivity of XD3 reinforced concrete for chloride ions and corrosion with calcium nitrate inhibitor and superplasticizers
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Institute of Metallurgy, Faculty of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Miskolc, Hungary
Publication date: 2020-11-06
Cement Wapno Beton 25(4) 330-343 (2020)
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This work presents a study of the total chloride contents in concrete and the corrosion process by testing electrical resistivity
and half-cell potential of concrete samples. The analysis was
based on an experimental investigation of the samples with the
time of immersion in 3.5% mass NaCl aqueous solution at room
temperature for 18 months, according to European Standards. For
this study, different mixtures of concrete were prepared by adding
two types of superplasticizers and calcium nitrate inhibitor, in different concentrations. The results of the Cl- ions test showed that
all the samples, after an immersion testing period of six months,
contained high concentrations of Cl- ions. Samples C4 with 3%
calcium nitrate inhibitor and Oxydtron superplasticizer as well as
C3 with 3% calcium nitrate inhibitor and Mapei Dynamon SR 31
superplasticizer, showed good resistance to corrosion, in the tested
environment. It was also proved by the results of several sets of
measurements of the electrical resistivity and half-cell potentials
carried on the concrete test samples, to the end of the 18 months
testing period.