Open AccessMethodology for simulating the process of microbiologically induced degradation of concrete by chemical exposure of specimens under controlled laboratory conditions
Author(s) -
Meilyn González Cortés,
E. Vera
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
journal of physics. conference series
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.21
H-Index - 85
eISSN - 1742-6596
pISSN - 1742-6588
DOI - 10.1088/1742-6596/1386/1/012089
Subject(s) - degradation (telecommunications) , sulfuric acid , corrosion , environmental science , process (computing) , metallurgy , materials science , engineering , computer science , telecommunications , operating system
Research studies on the kinetics of the corrosion process that attacks concrete coincide in the amount of variables that interfere with the process, such as the impact of the pH levels of the corrosive environment and the surface of the concrete and the concentrations of biogenic sulfuric acid at the site. For this reason, it is vitally important to know the resistance of concrete to this attack in controlled laboratory conditions, defining a methodology that contributes to the development of new research related, for example, to the degradation of concrete in component elements of a sewer system.