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Dr John Broomfield is a consulting corrosion engineer who offers independent advice on all aspects of corrosion of steel in concrete, early 20th century steel frame buildings and durability issues for the built infrastructure. John is now part of Corrosion Engineering Solutions; corrosionengineering.co.uk.
Services include:
- Evaluation of Corrosion Damaged Reinforced or Prestressed Concrete Structures.
- Recommendations, Designs and Specifications for repair and rehabilitation.
- Early 20th Century Steel Framed Buildings.
- Permanent Corrosion Monitoring.
- Litigation, Arbitration and patents.
- Product Development, Marketing and Training.
To discuss any issues relating to corrosion of steel in concrete or If you require any help or information regarding any of our services then please do not hesitate to Contact me.
Activity:
Published: 24 Oct 2023 - available from the ICE Virtual Library and Emerald Bookstore.
Post date: 17 November 2023
ICE Handbook of Concrete Durability, 2nd Edition
Corrosion of Steel in Concrete
Post date: 21 September 2023
Third edition now published
EN 14038-2 Electrochemical Chloride Extraction
Post date: 11 March 2021
Introduction
The purpose of chloride extraction is to rehabilitate a reinforced concrete part from corrosion activity non-destructively and to provide long term corrosion protection of steel reinforcement in concrete which has been affected by chloride. The duration of the treatment is from several weeks up to as much as several months, depending on the amount and ingress depth of accumulated chloride, the permeability of the concrete, the layout of the reinforcement and other factors.
There are other electrochemical procedures that can be used to provide corrosion protection to steel in concrete structures. These include cathodic protection and re-alkalization. There are European standards for cathodic protection of steel in concrete (EN ISO 12696) and for the re-alkalization of carbonated concrete (EN 14038-1).
It has been assumed in the drafting of this document that design and execution of a chloride extraction application will be entrusted to appropriately qualified, competent and experienced people, for whose use it has been prepared.