ISSN 0862-5468 (Print), ISSN 1804-5847 (online) 

Ceramics-Silikáty 60, (3) 195 - 199 (2016)


THE INFLUENCE OF CORROSION OF ZINC POWDER ON MECHANICAL PROPERTIES OF CONCRETE
 
Pokorný Petr, Dobiáš Daniel, Čítek David
 
Czech Technical University in Prague, Klokner Institute, Šolínova 7, 166 08 Prague, Czech Republic

Keywords: Corrosion of steel in concrete, Hot-dip galvanized reinforcement, Zinc, Heat of hydration, Compression strength, Modulus of elasticity
 

This paper studies the effect of zinc corrosion in fresh concrete on the process of its hydration and evolution of common mechanical properties. Process of hydration was monitored by temperature measurement of hydrating concrete contaminated with zinc powder (0.5; 5.0 wt. %) in closed system. Mechanical properties were monitored in similarly contaminated concrete samples (compressive cubic strength, compression modulus of elasticity). The results suggest that zinc corrosion products retard the concrete hydration and evolution of mechanical properties, however, forming hydrogen also has some negative effect.


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doi: 10.13168/cs.2016.0029
 
 
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