In the highly alkaline environment of concrete, carbon steel rebar is protected against corrosion by a passive oxide/oxyhydroxide film. Understanding the characteristics of this passive film, and how it depassivates, is the key for mitigating problems associated with steel corrosion in concrete. Although a large number of electrochemical and analytical...
The rate of interaction of carbon dioxide with eight detached organic films commonly used as coatings for metal surfaces was examined.
The films studied were lacquers of several different formulations
including oleoresinous, phenolic, vinyl, alkyd, epoxy, and
hydrocarbon types. The sorption was measured on a McBain type
gravimetric adsorption balance...