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Electrochemical corrosion behavior of Cr modified steel rebars in cement extract solution

  • Cheng Zhou
  • , Heling Tan
  • , Ming Liu
  • , Xuequn Cheng
  • , Xiaogang Li
  • University of Science and Technology Beijing

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Abstract

Electrochemical corrosion behavior of HRB400 and three Cr modified steel rebars in cement extract solution with different chloride concentrations were estimated by potentiodynamic polarization curves and electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS); semiconductor properties of passivation film of the four steel rebars were studied by Mott-Schottky (M-S) theory. The results show that with the increasing of Cr in the steel rebar, the corrosion current density decreases, passivation interval and polarization resistance increase, and the passivation film stability is enhanced, which indicates that the corrosion resistance of steel rebar is improved. In addition, increase of chloride concentration in cement extract solution leads to increase of the corrosion current density, decrease of the passivation interval and polarization resistance, and significant increase of the carrier density, while the corrosion resistance of steel rebar is decreased. Cr modified steel rebars have higher corrosion resistance than HRB400.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)647-653
Number of pages7
JournalJianzhu Cailiao Xuebao/Journal of Building Materials
Volume19
Issue number4
DOIs
StatePublished - 1 Aug 2016
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Cement extract solution
  • Electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS)
  • Polarization curve
  • Steel rebar

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