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CONSTRUCTION AND BUILDING MATERIALS
Volume 55, Issue -, Pages 289-298Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2014.01.052
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Chloride threshold; Concrete; Corrosion; Durability; Marine environment
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- Brazilian National Council for Scientific and Technological Development (CNPq)
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Studies focusing on chloride threshold analysis based on field experiments are still scarce. Although taking longer than laboratory experiments, they can help on setting chloride thresholds closer to realistic conditions. The present work analyses results from reinforced concrete specimens exposed in a marine atmosphere zone of the northeast coast of Brazil and also from specimens subjected to wetting and drying cycles in sodium chloride solution. After the process of corrosion had just been initiated, the concrete specimens were broken and the total and free chloride contents at the rebar level were measured and assumed as the chloride thresholds for starting corrosion. Results show that average total chloride threshold varies in a range between 1.82 and 2.45 (% cement weight) and between 0.88 and 1.58 (% cement weight) for laboratory and field exposure experiments, respectively. Environmental interaction contributes for these differences. On the other hand, a good correlation could be obtained between both experimental conditions, helping on transporting laboratory results to field conditions. (C) 2014 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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