Electrochemical Processes and Corrosion in Reinforced Concrete

Cover
Half Title
Title Page
Copyright Page
Table of Contents
1 Electrochemical Processes
	1.1 Introduction
	References
2 Concrete and Steel Composition
	2.1 Description of Concrete
	2.2 Flow in Porous Materials
	2.3 Steel Rebar
	2.4 The Steel-Concrete Interface (SCI)
	References
3 The Relationship Between Chloride Level and Corrosion
	3.1 Introduction
	3.2 Laboratory Research on Corrosion Threshold Level and Thereafter Corrosion Rate
	3.3 Surveys on Real Structures for a Chloride Corrosion Threshold Level and Active Corrosion Rate
	3.4 Review of Corrosion Threshold Level
	3.5 The Effect of the Structures Shape on Corrosion
	3.6 The Effect of Chloride on Pitting Corrosion
	3.7 Conclusions
	References
4 Ionic Solvation and Transport
	4.1 Ionic Movement Through Water Without a Potential Difference
	4.2 Ionic Movement Through Water with a Potential Difference
	4.3 Ionic Movement Through Concrete with a Potential Difference
	4.4 Changes to the Steel with the Flow of Ions Caused by a Potential Difference
	4.5 Chloride Movement Through Reinforced Concrete with Cracks
	References
5 Passivation and Depassivation
	5.1 Introduction
	5.2 Film Formation
	5.3 Breakdown of the Film
	References
6 Electrochemical Theory
	6.1 Introduction
	6.2 Reversible Potential and the Single Electrode
	6.3 Electrochemical Cells
	6.4 Reversible Electrodes and the Nernst Equation
	6.5 The Potential PH Diagram
	6.6 Tafel Plot and Evans Diagram
	6.7 Combining Reduction and Oxidation in an Evans Diagram
	6.8 Polarisation Curves
	6.9 Linear Polarisation Resistance
	6.10 Acoustic Emission
	6.11 Conclusions
	References
7 Electrochemistry Reality of Steel in Concrete
	7.1 Introduction
	7.2 Tafel Slopes Measured of Steel in Simulated Pore Solutions (SPS)
	7.3 Tafel Slopes Measured of Steel in Concrete
	7.4 Corrosion Rates Recorded in Active and Passive Steel in Reinforced Concrete
	7.5 Passive and Active Corrosion Potentials Measured in Reinforced Concrete Structures
	7.6 Modelling for Life Expectancy and Reality
	7.7 Non-Destructive Testing for Corrosion of Steel in Concrete
	7.8 Conclusions
	References
8 State of the Art
	References
Index