Abstract
The corrosion behaviour of reinforcing steel in saturated naturally aerated Ca(OH)2 solutions in absence and presence of different concentrations of NaCl, NH4Cl, Na2SO4 and (NH4)2SO4 is followed by measuring of the open circuit potential complemented with SEM and EDS investigation. These salts cause breakdown of passivity and initiation of pitting corrosion. The rates of oxide film thickening by OH− ions and oxide film destruction by the aggressive ions follow a direct logarithm law and depend on the concentration and type of aggressive salts anions and cations. The values of the activation energies for oxide film thickening are calculated and discussed.
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