Resistance of Chlorides-Induced Corrosion of Steel Bar Embedded in CNTs-OH Modified Concrete

Abstract:

Aim of this paper is to evaluate the influence of hydroxyl carbon nanotubes (CNTs-OH) content (by 0.1-0.5% of cement weight) on the resistance of chlorides-induced corrosion of steel bar embedded in concrete. The corrosion process of concrete was monitored by using half-cell potential method (Ecorr, mv CSE). Test results show that the addition of CNTs-OH considerably increased the resistance of rebar chlorides induced corrosion of concrete, and the optimum content of CNTs was about 0.3% by mass of cement. Simultaneously, results also indicate that the measuring position impacted the corrosion potential value, in which the point on the water/air interface had the highest corrosion probability. In addition, the water absorption and SEM of concrete containing CNTs-OH were also investigated, and the pore-filling effect of CNTs-OH was observed to improve the properties of concrete.

• Periodical: Key Engineering Materials (Volume 768)
• Pages: 320-325
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/KEM.768.320
• Online since: April 2018
• Authors: Zhong Kun Wang, Jie Fan, Geng Ying Li*
• Keywords: Concrete, Corrosion Potential, Microstructure

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