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9/15/2014
CIMT 348
Feraidon Ataie, Ph.D.
Options For Extending the Life of Concrete Structures Summary
In the article Options For Extending the Life of Concrete Structures by Stig
Strombeck and Chris Ball, the authors layout issues leading to corrosion in concrete
structures, as well as give their possible solutions to a number of different situations
leading to concrete corrosion. Strombeck is a Business Development Associate for Vector
Corrosion Technologies as well as a CSU, Chico CIM Program graduate, and Ball is Vice
President of Marketing and Innovation at Vector Corrosion Technologies. Upon knowing
this, I expected this article to be of particular interest to me because I spent the last 3
months of summer working for Vector Corrosion Technologies and got the chance to
meet both of these men and actually work with Strombeck for a short amount of time.
Overall I found the article to be very informative and useful in problem solving corrosion
issues in concrete.
The authors begin with a brief summary of corrosion and concrete repair in
general. They suggest that one of the leading causes of corrosion in steel in concrete is
salt used to de-ice roads. They also point of many marine concrete structures corrode due
to nature of the salt water environment. Carbonation is process caused when the concrete
around the reinforcing steel comes in contact with carbon dioxide and the pH drops. They
then proceed to inform us about different ways to mitigate corrosion in concrete
according to Vector Corrosion Technologies.
the concrete, and provides galvanic protection to the concrete. In conclusion, Stig
Strombeck and Chris Ball did an excellent job informing about corrosion in concrete.