Author Type

Graduate Student

Date of Award

1976

Document Type

Thesis

Publication Status

Version of Record

Submission Date

October 2026

Thesis/Dissertation Advisor [Chair]

Hartt, William H.

Abstract

The objective of this investigati.on was to contribute to the determination of a suitable metallic coating for steel reinforcement in concrete exposed to a marine environment and possibly to stray current. Concrete specimens embedded with steel, aluminum, cadmium, copper, molybdenum, nickel, and galvanized steel were exposed to sea water. Direct current was impressed on these to accelerate corrosion of the reinforcement so that cracking of the concrete could be observed within the time limit of the investigation. Aluminum, cadmium, copper, and nickel were found to have no beneficial effect on concrete cracking as compared to steel. In addition, no correlation between oxide-metal volume ratio and concrete time-to-cracking could be observed. It was found that corrosion of molybdenum has little or no tendency to crack concrete and its corrosion potential and active behavior approximates that of steel, indicating it may be an excellent coating.

Extent

69 p.

Comments

College of Engineering and Computer Science|Thesis (M.S.E.)--Florida Atlantic University, 1976.|FAU Electronic Theses and Dissertations Collection|College of Engineering and Computer Science

Identifier

FADT13820

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