TY  - CHAP
AU  - S. O. Nwaubani
AU  - A. Katsanos
ED  - M.  Aliofkhazraei
Y1  - 2014-02-20
PY  - 2014
T1  - Effect of Alternative De-icers on the Corrosion Resistance of Reinforced Concrete Bridges and Highway Structures
N2  - One of the first thing that comes to your mind after hearing the term “corrosion” is corrosion of a metal. Corrosion is a basically harmful phenomenon, but it can be useful in some cases. For instance, environment’s pollution with corrosion products and damage to the performance of a system are among its harmful effects, whereas electric energy generation in a battery and cathodic protection of many structures are among its advantages. However, these advantages are almost nothing as compared to the costs and effects imposed by its detrimental influences. The enormous costs of this phenomenon can be better understand through studying the published statistics on direct and indirect corrosion damages on economy of governments. The direct cost of corrosion is near 3 % of the gross domestic product (GDP) of USA. Considering this huge cost, it is necessary to develop and expand the corrosion science and its protection technologies.
BT  - Developments in Corrosion Protection
SP  - Ch. 24
UR  - https://doi.org/10.5772/57551
DO  - 10.5772/57551
SN  - 
PB  - IntechOpen
CY  - Rijeka
Y2  - 2024-04-24
ER  -