Author Type

Graduate Student

Date of Award

1980

Document Type

Thesis

Publication Status

Version of Record

Submission Date

October 2026

Abstract

Tests were conducted using 10 cm. (3.93 in.) lengths of both epoxy coated and bare steel reinforcing rods in simulated concrete environments of varying pH and chloride ion levels. Polarization studies using cathodic scan techniques were used to characterize the quality of the epoxy coating. In all the environments tested, bars with more defects required larger currents at a given potential than did the bars with few defects. Corrosion potential measurements in passive environments showed significant fluctuations from day to day, making it difficult to use potential measurement for corrosion characterization. Galvanic couples between epoxy coated and uncoated bars indicated that galvanic currents increased as the differences in the corrosion potentials increased and also as the chloride ion content of the environment increased from 0 to 0.05 M.

Extent

51 p.

Comments

Thesis (M.S.)--Florida Atlantic University, 1980.|College of Engineering and Computer Science|Thesis (M.S.)--Florida Atlantic University, 1980.

Identifier

FADT14010

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