Electrochemical Noise Measurement to Assess Corrosion of Steel Reinforcement in Concrete

MILLS, Douglas, LAMBERT, Paul and YANG, Shengming (2021). Electrochemical Noise Measurement to Assess Corrosion of Steel Reinforcement in Concrete. Materials, 14 (18).

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Abstract

The electrochemical noise method (ENM) has previously been employed to monitor the corrosion of steel reinforcement in concrete. The development of solid-state Ag/AgCl-based probes and dedicated monitoring technology (ProCoMeter) now offers a wider range of ENM configurations. The present study involves the laboratory investigation of three mortar samples containing steel bars and varying additions of chloride, with a view to future field application. ENM could be used to provide corrosion information on reinforcement without the need to provide direct electrical connections to the steel and without the risk or inducing or increasing corrosion. In addition to half-cell potentials, measurements were made using ENM in three different probe configurations over a total test period of 90 days. The samples were then broken open and the bars extracted and cleaned. A comparison was then made between the calculated metal thickness loss obtained from the Rn values and the actual metal thickness loss. The results showed that each configuration was able to order the results in the expected manner, with the simple single substrate (SSS) arrangement providing the best correlation with direct measurements. The study is ongoing with the intention of measurements being obtained in situ on existing reinforced concrete structures.

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Additional Information: ** From MDPI via Jisc Publications Router ** Licence for this article: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ **Journal IDs: eissn 1996-1944 **History: published 18-09-2021; accepted 15-09-2021
Uncontrolled Keywords: concrete, corrosion, electrochemical noise, reinforcement, steel
Identification Number: https://doi.org/10.3390/ma14185392
SWORD Depositor: Colin Knott
Depositing User: Colin Knott
Date Deposited: 29 Sep 2021 09:13
Last Modified: 29 Sep 2021 09:15
URI: https://shura.shu.ac.uk/id/eprint/29077

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