Fifteen years history of an operating cathodic protection system on a chloride contaminated atmospherically exposed conventionally reinforced concrete structure in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia conclusively proves that cathodic protection can significantly reduce the corrosion rate of the steel reinforcement eliminating corrosion and subsequent delamination and damage to the structure.

Subject
Depolarization, Steel structures, Cathodic protection, Rebar, Reference electrodes, Slabs, Rectifiers, Repair, Instant off potential, Concrete, Reinforcement, Electrode potential, Anodes
Keywords:
cathodic protection, reinforcing steel, concrete, atmospherically exposed, conductive coating, ribbon anode, mesh anode, multi-circuit rectifier, reference electrodes, delamination
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