Electrochemical Study of Clean and Pre-Corroded Reinforcements Embedded in Mortar Samples with Variable Amounts of Chloride Ions

The present study investigates the possibility of re-surfacing previously corroded reinforcements and the suitability of the two electrochemical techniques that are widely used to determine the state of corrosion of steel (the corrosion potential E<sub>corr</sub> and the corrosion rate i...

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Autores principales: María de las Nieves González, María Isabel Prieto, Alfonso Cobo, Fernando Israel Olmedo
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Publicado: MDPI AG 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://doaj.org/article/d50ad0f0f6594ef98550cd0c07fa6067
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Sumario:The present study investigates the possibility of re-surfacing previously corroded reinforcements and the suitability of the two electrochemical techniques that are widely used to determine the state of corrosion of steel (the corrosion potential E<sub>corr</sub> and the corrosion rate i<sub>corr</sub>). In order to test this, 32 pre-corroded B500SD reinforcing steel bars have been used for one year, where half of the bars have been cleaned to eliminate corrosion products. The other half have been maintained with the generated corrosion products. Subsequently, the bars have been embedded in cement mortar samples with variable amounts of chloride ion, and E<sub>corr</sub> and i<sub>corr</sub> have been measured for 250 days. The results showed that it is not possible to rework the reinforcement without removing corrosion products and that it is not possible to predict the passive or active state of steel by measuring E<sub>corr</sub> only.