Risk of chloride-induced corrosion of steel in SF concrete exposed to a chloride-bearing environment
- Authors
- Jung, Min Sun; Kim, Ki Beom; Lee, Sang Ah; Ann, Ki Yong
- Issue Date
- Mar-2018
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Keywords
- Silica fume; Chloride; Corrosion; Diffusion; Sensitivity
- Citation
- Construction and Building Materials, v.166, pp.413 - 422
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- Journal Title
- Construction and Building Materials
- Volume
- 166
- Start Page
- 413
- End Page
- 422
- URI
- https://scholarworks.bwise.kr/erica/handle/2021.sw.erica/6395
- DOI
- 10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2018.01.168
- ISSN
- 0950-0618
- Abstract
- The present study concerns the resistance of silica fume (SF) concrete against chloride-induced corrosion, when SF concrete is built in a chloride-bearing environment. Chloride transport and critical chloride threshold level were experimentally obtained, which were subsequently used for the Fick's 2nd law to calculate the corrosion-free life. As a result, it was found that SF concrete had lower chloride transport in terms of the apparent diffusion coefficient, due to a refinement of the pore structure, resulting from a further formation of C-S-H gel in the cement matrix. Simultaneously, the surface chloride for SF concrete had a slightly lower range, arising from the lower capacity to bind chlorides. However, SF mortar imposed the increased corrosion risk. The chloride threshold for SF mortar accounted for 0.45% by weight of binder, while OPC produced 0.96%. Despite the increased corrosiveness in SF concrete, SF concrete produced the longer corrosion-free life, compared to OPC. From the sensitivity analysis, a reduction of the parametric values on chloride transport in SF concrete could significantly increase the corrosion-free life. For example, the apparent diffusion coefficient for SF concrete was about 74% reduced compared to OPC concrete, and thus the time to corrosion was 270% increased. (C) 2018 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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