Title
Welded, sandblasted, stainless steel corrugated bars in non-carbonated and carbonated mortars: A 9-year corrosion study
Date Issued
01 January 2016
Access level
open access
Resource Type
journal article
Author(s)
Bautista A.
Alvarez S.
Velasco F.
Universidad Carlos III de Madrid
Publisher(s)
Elsevier Ltd
Abstract
Three different stainless steel corrugated grades (UNS S20430, S30403 and S32205) were similar welded to stainless steel bars with the same composition and dissimilar welded to carbon steel (CS). After cleaning the welding oxides by sandblasting, the reinforcements were embedded in mortar with chlorides and some of the samples were carbonated. Corrosion activity was monitored using corrosion potential (Ecorr) and electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS). After 8 years of exposure, the samples were anodically polarized. Visual evaluation of the attack was performed after another additional year of exposure. Similar welded stainless steels offer a good durability if they have been sandblasted, except for S20430 when it is embedded in carbonated mortar with chlorides. Dissimilar welded steels are active since the beginning of the exposure for both studied conditions, but sandblasting reduces the corrosion rate of CS compared to non-welded CS bars.
Start page
363
End page
372
Volume
102
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Ingeniería de materiales Ingeniería química
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-84959152660
Source
Corrosion Science
ISSN of the container
0010938X
Sponsor(s)
The present work was funded by the Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation through the Project reference BIA2007-66491-C02-02.
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