This work is a study of the behavior of steel rebar coated by electroless nickel in chloride-contaminated concrete. The steel rebars were coated in an electroless nickel bath for 1, 2 and 3 hours. They were then subjected to heat treatment at 400 °C for periods of 1, 2 and 3 hours. The nickel-coated rebars were embedded in concrete samples with NaCl concentrations at 0.00; 0.10; 0.15 and 0.20 %, based on concrete weight. Their behavior was evaluated by measurement of potentials, polarization resistance, potentiodynamic polarization curves, electrical resistance and visual inspection. Corrosion rates were less than 0.01 uA/cm2 after 40 months’ testing.

Subject
Nickel coatings, Corrosion rate, Rebar, Sodium chloride, Density, Sodium chloride solution, Nickel, Electroless nickel, Heat treatment, Corrosion potential, Concrete, Reinforcement, Electrode potential
Keywords:
Electroless nickel, heat treatment, corrosion, chloride ion, concrete, reinforcing steel
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1998
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