Corrosion Resistant Steel

Corrosion Resistant Steel

It is found that susceptibility of mild steel to corrosion is not significantly affected by composition, grade or level of stress. Hence substitute steel for corrosion resistance must have a significantly different composition. Based on some success in atmospheric corrosion, weathering steels of the corten type were tested in concrete.

They did not perform will in moist concrete, containing chlorides. It is observed that weathering corrode in similar concrete environments, to those causing corrosion of high-yield steel. They noted that although the total amount of corrosion was less, than would occur on high-yield steel under similar conditions, deep localized pitting developed, which could be more structurally weakening.

Stainless steel reinforcement has been used in special applications, especially as fitments in precast members, but is generally too expensive to use as a substitute for mild steel. Very high corrosion resistance was shown by austenitic stainless steel in all the environments, in which they were tested, but the observations of some very minor printing in the presence of chlorides lead to the warning that crevice corrosion susceptibility was not evaluated in the test program.

High titanium alloy bar is being used in some countries. This bar is grouted into holes, drilled into the marble stabs, and the grouts are based either on Portland cement or Epoxy.