Chloride threshold level for corrosion of steel in concrete

The steel rebar inside reinforce concrete structures is susceptible to corrosion when permeation of chloride from deicing salts or seawater results in the chloride content at the surface of the steel exceeding a chloride threshold level (CTL). The CTL is an important influence on the service life of concrete structures exposed to chloride environments. The present study discusses the state of art on the CTL for steel corrosion in concrete, concerning its measurement, representation, influencing factors and methods to enhance the CTL. As the CTL values reported in the majority of previous studies were varied with experimental conditions, corrosion initiation assessment method, the way in which the CTL was represented, direct comparison between the results from different sets and evaluation was subjected to the difficulty. As a result, total chloride by weight of cement or the ratio of [Cl−]:[H+] is the best presentation of CTL in that these include the aggressiveness of chlorides (i.e. free and bound chlorides) and inhibitive nature of cement matrix. The key factor on CTL was found to be a physical condition of the steel–concrete interface, in terms of entrapped air void content, which is more dominant in CTL rather than chloride binding, buffering capacity of cement matrix or binders. The measures to raise the CTL values using corrosion inhibitor, coating of steel, and electrochemical treatment are also studied.

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