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Analysis of inhibition of concrete steel-rebar corrosion by Na2Cr2O7 concentrations: Implications for conflicting reports on inhibitor effectiveness

Okeniyi, J. O. and Oladele, I. O. and Ambrose, I. J. and Okpala, S. O. and Omoniyi, O.M. and Loto, C. A. and Popoola, A. P. I. (2013) Analysis of inhibition of concrete steel-rebar corrosion by Na2Cr2O7 concentrations: Implications for conflicting reports on inhibitor effectiveness. Journal of Central South University, 20 (12). pp. 3697-3714. ISSN 2095-2899

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Abstract

Corrosion test data were measured using non-destructive electrochemical techniques and analysed for studying inhibition effectiveness by different concentrations of Na2Cr2O7 on the corrosion of concrete steel-rebar in NaCl and in H2SO4 media. For these, specifications of ASTM G16-95 R04 were combined with the normal and the Gumbel probability density functions as model analytical methods for addressing issues of conflicting reports of inhibitor effectiveness that had generated concerns. Results show that reinforced concrete samples admixed with concentrations having 4 g (0.012 7 mol), 8 g (0.025 4 mol) and 6 g (0.019 1 mol) Na2Cr2O7 exhibited, in that order, high inhibition effectiveness, with respective efficiency, η, of (90.46±1.30)%, (88.41±2.24)% and (84.87±4.74)%, in the NaCl medium. These exhibit good agreements within replicates and statistical methods for the samples. Also, optimal inhibition effectiveness model in the H 2SO4 medium was exhibited by 8 g (0.025 4 mol) Na 2Cr2O7 concentration having η=(78.44±1.10)%. These bear implications for addressing conflicting test data in the study of effective inhibitors for mitigating steel-rebar corrosion in aggressive environments. © 2013 Central South University Press and Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg.

Item Type: Article
Uncontrolled Keywords: concrete steel-rebar; corrosion inhibitor effectiveness; Kolmogorov-Smirnov statistics; normal and Gumbel probability distribution functions; saline/marine and industrial/microbial environments; tests of significance
Subjects: Q Science > Q Science (General)
Q Science > QC Physics
Q Science > QD Chemistry
T Technology > T Technology (General)
T Technology > TA Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General)
T Technology > TD Environmental technology. Sanitary engineering
T Technology > TH Building construction
T Technology > TJ Mechanical engineering and machinery
T Technology > TP Chemical technology
Divisions: Faculty of Engineering, Science and Mathematics > School of Chemistry
Faculty of Engineering, Science and Mathematics > School of Civil Engineering and the Environment
Faculty of Engineering, Science and Mathematics > School of Engineering Sciences
Faculty of Engineering, Science and Mathematics > School of Mathematics
Faculty of Engineering, Science and Mathematics > School of Physics
Depositing User: Dr Joshua Olusegun Okeniyi
Date Deposited: 15 Aug 2016 11:07
Last Modified: 28 Apr 2017 09:11
URI: http://eprints.covenantuniversity.edu.ng/id/eprint/6873

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