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The long-term corrosion of mild steel in depassivated concrete: Localizing the oxygen reduction sites in corrosion products by isotopic tracer method

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 December 2011

Emilien Burger ,
Judith Monnier ,
Pascal Berger ,
Delphine Neff ,
Valérie L’Hostis ,
Stéphanie Perrin  and
Philippe Dillmann
Emilien Burger*
Affiliation:
CEA, SIS2M, LAPA, CNRS UMR3299, F-91191 Gif Sur Yvette, France CEA, DEN, DPC, SCCME, F-91191 Gif Sur Yvette, France
Judith Monnier
Affiliation:
Institut de Chimie et des Matériaux Paris-Est, Université Paris-Est Créteil, UMR 7182, F-94320 Thiais, France
Pascal Berger
Affiliation:
CEA, SIS2M, LEEL, CEA Saclay F-91191 Gif-sur-Yvette, France
Delphine Neff
Affiliation:
CEA, SIS2M, LAPA, CNRS UMR3299, F-91191 Gif Sur Yvette, France
Valérie L’Hostis
Affiliation:
CEA, DEN, DPC, SCCME, F-91191 Gif Sur Yvette, France
Stéphanie Perrin
Affiliation:
CEA, DEN, DPC, SCCME, F-91191 Gif Sur Yvette, France
Philippe Dillmann
Affiliation:
CEA, SIS2M, LAPA, CNRS UMR3299, F-91191 Gif Sur Yvette, France LMC IRAMAT CNRS UMR5060 CNRS, France
*
a)Address all correspondence to this author. e-mail: em.burger@laposte.net
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Abstract

Over a long period (>10 years), the prediction of iron/mild steel corrosion in concrete requires the use of a mechanistic approach. For that purpose, a key point of the mechanisms involved is the localization of the oxygen reduction sites within the thick corrosion layers, which may greatly influence the nature of the rate-limiting step. In this context, iron rebars (originally covered with concrete) were sampled from a 50-year-old historical building and submitted to isotopic tracers methods (18O) combined with structural Raman microspectroscopy analyses on transverse sections. By this method, the authors demonstrate that the oxygen reduction sites are strongly impacted by the presence of a conductive phase (magnetite) in contact with the metallic substrate.

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Journal of Materials Research , Volume 26 , Issue 24 , 28 December 2011 , pp. 3107 - 3115
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 2011

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