Corrosion of reinforcement in concrete

Abstract

In 2001 the European Corrosion Conference, Eurocorr 2001, was organised on behalf of the European Federation of Corrosion (EFC) by the Assoziatione Italiana di Metallurgia (AIM), a member society of the EFC, in Riva del Garda. Each of the 17 working parties of EFC prepared sessions on particular topics in their respective fields of corrosion and corrosion protection. Jürgen Mietz, the chair of Working Party (WP) 11 at that time, organised sessions on corrosion of the reinforcement in concrete. Altogether 27 papers were selected for oral presentation from many more abstracts in this field. The main topics were corrosion mechanisms, corrosion measurement methods, assessment and monitoring, inhibitors and electrochemical protection methods. During the annual meeting of WP 11 it was concluded that the quality of these presentations was excellent and that the papers should be published together as an EFC book. Unfortunately, a number of problems meant that publication of the papers was delayed. In 2006 these problems were solved, allowing quick publication of the papers. As the papers still present current knowledge in the field, the editors have no doubt in recommending publication, even after five years. I am sure that this publication is a useful tool for all people interested in the field of corrosion of reinforcement in concrete and hope that all readers will receive new information, insights and ideas