Testing for the Influence of the Degree of Water Saturation of Concrete upon Chloride Diffusivity

Abstract:

In order to estimate the impact of the degree of water saturation of concrete to chloride ion diffusion coefficient, the experimental setup allows to measure chloride diffusion coefficient through nonsaturated concrete specimens with controlled degree of water saturated. The different degrees of water saturation of concrete specimens were obtained, by using saturated solutions of NaCl and KCl controlling the relative humidity, then applied Rapid Cloride Permeability Test method to measure the cloride diffusion coefficient. The test results show that chloride diffusion coefficient depends strongly on the degree of water saturation of concrete. Beside, this relationship shows the non-linear relationship, in which, chloride diffusion coefficient reachs the maximum value in fully saturated concrete specimens.

• Periodical: Applied Mechanics and Materials (Volumes 405-408)
• Pages: 2639-2643
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMM.405-408.2639
• Online since: September 2013
• Authors: Van Tuan Le, Yong Lai Zheng, Shu Xin Deng
• Keywords: Chloride Ion Diffusion, Concrete, Degree of Water Saturation, Fick's Law, RCPT Method

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