18.04.2015 Views

CORROSION MITIGATION IN BALCONY REPAIRS What is ...

CORROSION MITIGATION IN BALCONY REPAIRS What is ...

CORROSION MITIGATION IN BALCONY REPAIRS What is ...

SHOW MORE
SHOW LESS

Create successful ePaper yourself

Turn your PDF publications into a flip-book with our unique Google optimized e-Paper software.

<strong>CORROSION</strong>:<br />

<strong>What</strong> Do You Need?<br />

• Steel (Fe++)<br />

• Chlorides (Cl-)<br />

• Oxygen (O 2 )<br />

• Water (H 2 O)<br />

or another metal<br />

• OTHER Symbols to know<br />

• Electrons (e-) like a battery corrosion has an electrical current<br />

• Hydroxyl (OH-) basic / alkali available in concrete solution<br />

• Hydrogen (H+) acid – causes the pH to lower<br />

Electrochemical Corrosion Reactions<br />

•Fe ++ + 2Cl - FeCl 2<br />

•FeCl 2 + H 2 O + OH - Fe(OH) 2 + H + + 2Cl -<br />

•2Fe(OH) 2 + ½O 2<br />

-<br />

Fe 2 O 3 + 2H 2 O anode<br />

•½O 2 + H 2 O + 2e - 2 OH - cathode<br />

04.11.2004 14

Hooray! Your file is uploaded and ready to be published.

Saved successfully!

Ooh no, something went wrong!