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<journal-id>0872-1904</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[Portugaliae Electrochimica Acta]]></journal-title>
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<issn>0872-1904</issn>
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<publisher-name><![CDATA[Sociedade Portuguesa de Electroquímica]]></publisher-name>
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<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[Studies on the Evaluation of the Performance of two Types of Polyurethane Coatings on Steel Rebars for the Prevention of Corrosion in Concrete Structures]]></article-title>
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<surname><![CDATA[Selvaraj]]></surname>
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<surname><![CDATA[Selvaraj]]></surname>
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<surname><![CDATA[Iyer]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[S.V.K.]]></given-names>
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<institution><![CDATA[,Central Electrochemical Research Institute Corrosion Science and Engineering Division ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Tamilnadu ]]></addr-line>
<country>India</country>
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<year>2008</year>
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<year>2008</year>
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<volume>26</volume>
<numero>5</numero>
<fpage>407</fpage>
<lpage>416</lpage>
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<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[concrete corrosion]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[surface coatings]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[rebar]]></kwd>
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</front><body><![CDATA[ <p align="center"><b>Studies on the Evaluation of the Performance of two Types    of Polyurethane Coatings on Steel Rebars for the Prevention of Corrosion in    Concrete Structures</b></p>     <p align="center" ><b >R. Selvaraj,</b><a href="#1">*</a><a name="top1"></a><b >M.    Selvaraj and S.V.K. Iyer<a name="top2"></a></b><i><b ><sup><a href="#2">[1]</a></sup> </b></i></a></p>     <p align="center" >&nbsp;</p>     <p align="center" ><i >Corrosion Science and Engineering Division of Central Electrochemical    Research Institute, Karaikudi, </i><i >Tamilnadu</i><i>, </i><i>India</i><i>    &#8211; 630 006</i><i ></i></p>     <p align="center" >Received 8 February 2008; accepted 30 September 2008</p>     <p >&nbsp;</p>      <p ><b>Abstract</b></p>      <p align="justify" >The performance of two resin combinations, such as acrylic    polyol &#8211; aromatic isocyanate and polyester polyol &#8211; aromatic isocyanate as durable    and effective rebar coatings for steel in concrete has been examined by studying    their mechanical properties and by using accelerated tests such as salt spray    test and electrochemical impedance spectroscopy. It is found that polyester    polyol-aromatic isocyanate combination performs better than acrylic polyol-aromatic    isocyanate combination. Incorporation of fly ash in the coating is found to    influence the performance of the coating.</p>      <p ><b><i>Keywords</i></b><i>:</i> concrete corrosion, surface coatings, rebar,    electrochemical impedance spectrum analysis.</p>      <p >&nbsp;</p>      ]]></body>
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