Experiences from RILEM TC 235-CTC in recommending a test method for chloride threshold values in concrete
Journal article, 2018

Chloride threshold value is an important input parameter in service life predictions. There has been a need for a reliable method for testing this value in order to improve the understanding of basic factors influencing the corrosion initiation. For this reason RILEM technical committee (TC) 235-CTC was formed with the ultimate aim to recommend a suitable test method capable of delivering data with acceptable measurement uncertainty. During the TC’s life, a test method was proposed and a Round-Robin Test (RRT) was organised to evaluate it. Due to the unexpected results from the RRT, the ultimate aim of the TC was not reached. There were some experiences obtained from the TC’s work especially in designing the test method which are worthy for supporting future researchers continuing to search for a reliable test method for it. This technical letter presents the TC’s experiences.

Chloride

test method

threshold.

concrete

corrosion

Author

Luping Tang

Chalmers, Architecture and Civil Engineering, Building Technology

Jens M. Frederiksen

COWI A/S

Ueli M. Angst

Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zürich (ETH)

Rob Polder

Delft University of Technology

Maria Cruz Alonso

The Eduardo Torroja Institute for Construction Science - CSIC

Bernhard Elsener

Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zürich (ETH)

R. Doug Hooton

University of Toronto

Jose Pacheco

Delft University of Technology

RILEM Technical Letters

25180231 (eISSN)

Vol. 3

Subject Categories

Materials Engineering

Civil Engineering

Areas of Advance

Transport

Building Futures (2010-2018)

Materials Science

DOI

10.21809/rilemtechlett.2018.55

More information

Latest update

9/25/2023