Journal article
Accelerated laboratory evaluation of surface treatments for protecting concrete bridge decks from salt scaling
Construction & building materials, Vol.55, pp.128-135
03/31/2014
Handle:
https://hdl.handle.net/2376/121411
Abstract
•Conducted accelerated lab evaluation of commercial products for concrete protection.•Three concrete sealers, two crack sealants, and two water repellents were tested.•Concrete cylinders were subjected to abrasion or 14 F/T cycles + 3wt.% NaCl.•All products showed great performance and substantially mitigated salt scaling.•Resistance to both gas and water penetration is crucial to reduce salt scaling.
In this accelerated laboratory study, several commercial products of surface treatment were included in the test program, including three concrete sealers, two crack sealants, and two water repellents. To characterize the product longevity under traffic, the abrasion resistance of concrete treated by each product was tested. To characterize the product effectiveness against salt scaling, the surface treated concrete cylinders were subjected to the joint action of 15 freeze/thaw and wet/dry cycles and exposure to a diluted deicer simulated by 3wt.% NaCl solution. The mass loss of these concrete cylinders during the freeze/thaw cycles was periodically measured. For mechanistic investigation, the surface-treated concrete specimens were further tested for their water absorption rates, gas permeability, and water contact angle. For all the laboratory tests, the untreated concrete was used as control. The results confirmed the benefits of using these products to treat the surface of concrete against salt scaling, as all of them exhibited outstanding performance and reduced the mass loss of the concrete by 90% or more. Among them, two products (epoxy-based sealer T48CS and water repellent ATS-42) exhibited the best performance in protecting the concrete from salt scaling and featured the highest resistance to abrasion and generally lower water absorption rates and gas permeability coefficients. The results suggest that high resistance to both gas and water penetration is a crucial property in a good surface sealer, crack sealant or water repellent applied to concrete.
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- Title
- Accelerated laboratory evaluation of surface treatments for protecting concrete bridge decks from salt scaling
- Creators
- Yudong Dang - Corrosion & Sustainable Infrastructure Laboratory, Western Transportation Institute, Montana State University, PO Box 174250, Bozeman, MT 59717-4250, USANing Xie - Corrosion & Sustainable Infrastructure Laboratory, Western Transportation Institute, Montana State University, PO Box 174250, Bozeman, MT 59717-4250, USAAmanda Kessel - Corrosion & Sustainable Infrastructure Laboratory, Western Transportation Institute, Montana State University, PO Box 174250, Bozeman, MT 59717-4250, USAEli McVey - Corrosion & Sustainable Infrastructure Laboratory, Western Transportation Institute, Montana State University, PO Box 174250, Bozeman, MT 59717-4250, USAAlexandra Pace - Corrosion & Sustainable Infrastructure Laboratory, Western Transportation Institute, Montana State University, PO Box 174250, Bozeman, MT 59717-4250, USAXianming Shi - Corrosion & Sustainable Infrastructure Laboratory, Western Transportation Institute, Montana State University, PO Box 174250, Bozeman, MT 59717-4250, USA
- Publication Details
- Construction & building materials, Vol.55, pp.128-135
- Academic Unit
- Civil and Environmental Engineering, Department of
- Publisher
- Elsevier Ltd
- Identifiers
- 99900612706101842
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Journal article