TY - GEN A1 - Burkert, Andreas A1 - Ebell, Gino A1 - Eichler, T. A1 - Hariri, K. A1 - Harnisch, J. A1 - Keßler, S. A1 - Mayer, T. A1 - Meier, J. A1 - Mietz, Jürgen A1 - Reichling, K. A1 - Sodeikat, C. T1 - Electrochemical half-cell potential measurements for the detection of reinforcement corrosion N2 - This specification describes the application of electrochemical half‐cell potential measurements (frequently also called potential mapping) for the detection of reinforcement corrosion in reinforced concrete structures. Areas of corroding reinforcement steel can be located in a nondestructive manner by means of this procedure. Half‐cell potential measurements are used in order to detect chloride‐induced corrosion. However, it is not recommended in order to assess the risk of carbonation‐induced corrosion. For this purpose the determination of the carbonation depth and the concrete cover appear to be more appropriate. The content of this specification exclusively refers to the application of mobile, local variable reference electrodes, which are only placed on the concrete surface while measuring. The technique distinguishes itself thereby from the range of corrosion monitoring systems with stationary installed reference electrodes and sensor systems, respectively, whereby it is possible to continuously track measurements within the area of the installed electrodes. However, these methods are not dealt with in this specification. KW - Monitoring KW - Corrosion KW - Reinforcement PY - 2014 SN - 978-940283-72-6 SP - B 03, 1 EP - 19 PB - DGZfP CY - Berlin AN - OPUS4-40419 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER -