TY - CONF A1 - Hlavacek, Petr A1 - Gluth, Gregor A1 - Reinemann, Steffi A1 - Ebell, Gino A1 - Kühne, Hans-Carsten A1 - Mietz, Jürgen T1 - Corrosion of steel reinforcement in geopolymer Mortars N2 - Study on corrosion of steel reinforcement in geopolymer mortars. Identification of carbonation speed and chloride migration coefficient. Results on preliminary corrosion potential measurements. T2 - EFC-WP 11 Task Group: Steel Corrosion in Alkali-Activated Concrete CY - Berlin, Germany DA - 28.03.2017 KW - Geopolymer KW - Chloride migration KW - Carbonation KW - Steel corrosion PY - 2017 AN - OPUS4-39619 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Hlavacek, Petr A1 - Gluth, Gregor A1 - Reinemann, Steffi A1 - Ebell, Gino A1 - Kühne, Hans-Carsten T1 - Corrosion of steel reinforcement in geopolymer mortars - Carbonation resistance, chloride migration, and preliminary corrosion potential data N2 - Geopolymers present a group of novel building materials exhibiting improved chemical resistance, fire resistance and lower CO2 emissions over traditional OPC-based materials. Corrosion of steel rebars in concrete presents one of the main deterioration mechanisms limiting service life of the reinforced structures. The corrosion is accompanied by an expansion of the corrosion products causing high pressures, concrete cracking and finally spalling of a cover layer. Critical chloride concentration, loss of alkalinity and modeling of the steel corrosion are in researchers' spotlight for decades, however steel corrosion in geopolymer materials is insufficiently described and understood yet. An optimized geopolymer mixture based on German hard coal fly ash activated with sodium hydroxide and sodium silicate solutions was selected for steel reinforcement-corrosion experiments. The formation of passive layer on the steel rebars is observed after approx. two weeks of hardening at laboratory temperature. However, alternative heat-treatment at 80°C for several hours leads to immediate formation of the passive layer as well as to a faster strength gain (80 MPa after 24h at 80°C). Chloride diffusion coefficient, Na+ leaching as well as carbonation rate is identified on unreinforced geopolymer mortar samples. The data are used for simulations and design of the steel rebars-corrosion experiments. The effect of chloride ingress, Na+ leaching and carbonation of the geopolymer mortar on the steel-reinforcement corrosion is studied. T2 - II European Geopolymer Network CY - Madrid, Spain DA - 14.07.2017 KW - Geopolymer KW - Steel corrosion KW - Chloride transport coefficient PY - 2017 AN - OPUS4-41058 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Hlavacek, Petr A1 - Reinemann, Steffi A1 - Gluth, Gregor A1 - Ebell, Gino A1 - Mietz, Jürgen T1 - Behaviour of reinforced alkali-activated fly ash mortars under leaching conditions N2 - Corrosion of steel reinforcement in concrete is one of the major deterioration mechanisms limiting the service life of reinforced concrete structures. While for conventional (Portland cement-based) concretes a great amount of experience exists in this regard, the factors that determine the onset of reinforcement corrosion in alkali-activated materials are incompletely understood yet. One aspect of corrosion protection is leaching and the accompanying changes of the concrete pore solution. In the present study, alkali-activated fly ash mortars with embedded carbon steel rebars were exposed to de-ionised water for periods up to 330 days, and the electrochemical response of the steel (free corrosion potential, polarisation resistance), the alteration of the mortar (ohmic resistance, mechanical strength, pore size distribution) as well as the pore solu¬tion composition were monitored. Although substantial alkali leaching was observed, the pH of the pore solution remained at values sufficient to protect the embedded steel from depassivation. The mortar did not exhibit indications of significant deterioration. Thus, the present results suggest that leaching is not critical for pro¬tec¬tion of steel reinforcement in alkali-activated fly ash mortars and concretes. T2 - International Conference on Sustainable Materials, Systems and Structures (SMSS 2019) CY - Rovinj, Croatia DA - 20.03.2019 KW - Alkali-activated materials KW - Leaching KW - Steel corrosion PY - 2019 AN - OPUS4-47621 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER -