Environmental factors affecting the corrosion behaviour of reinforcing steel. V. Role of chloride and sulphate ions in the corrosion of reinforcing steel in saturated Ca(OH)2 solutions |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Chemistry Department, Faculty of Applied Science, Umm Al-Qura University, Makkah, Saudi Arabia;2. Chemistry Department, Faculty of Science, Assiut University, Assiut, Egypt;3. Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Cairo University, Giza, Egypt;4. Chemistry Department, Faculty of Science, King Khalid University, Abha, Saudi Arabia;5. Chemistry Department, College of Science, Jouf University, Sakaka, Saudi Arabia |
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| Abstract: | The corrosion behaviour of reinforcing steel in saturated naturally aerated Ca(OH)2 solutions in absence and presence of different concentrations of NaCl, NH4Cl, Na2SO4 and (NH4)2SO4 is followed by measuring of the open circuit potential complemented with SEM and EDS investigation. These salts cause breakdown of passivity and initiation of pitting corrosion. The rates of oxide film thickening by OH− ions and oxide film destruction by the aggressive ions follow a direct logarithm law and depend on the concentration and type of aggressive salts anions and cations. The values of the activation energies for oxide film thickening are calculated and discussed. |
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| Keywords: | A. Concrete B. SEM C. Passivity C. Pitting corrosion |
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