Korrosionsbeständigkeit eines nichtrostenden Chromstahls in karbonatisiertem Normal-, Leicht- und Recyclingbeton

Corrosion Resistance of a Stainless Chromium-Steel in Carbonated Ordinary, Light-Weight and Recycling Concrete

In order to achieve the goals for a sustainable development, concrete with recycled aggregates (concrete and mixtures from concrete and masonry, e.g. clay bricks and calcium silicate blocks etc.) is going to be used more and more in the future. Due to its thermal insulating properties, the demand for concrete with light-weight aggregates (e.g. foam glass) will also increase. As an essential element of this development, an increasing amount of cements with a reduced clinker factor as well as of mineral additions such as fly ash and ground granulated blast furnace slag is used for concrete production. Therefore, as a general tendency, the carbonation resistance of concrete mixes decreases while the risk of corrosion damages increases. The goal of the investigations described in this paper was to evaluate and to assess the corrosion resistance of a stainless rebar (Top12, composition corresponds approx. to steel grade 1.4003) in various carbonated concrete mixes and to compare the results with common rebars. The results lead to the conclusion that, in contrast to common rebars, Top12 is durable in all investigated concrete mixes, including strongly carbonated recycling concretes.