摘要

The degradation of a reinforced concrete structure will occur with corrosion activation, which is caused by the steel rebar depassivation as a result of chloride penetration into the structure. Herein, the reinforced concrete corrosion process in a chloride solution was analyzed using AC impedance spectroscopy. The activation of the corrosion is associated with a significant impedance response decline in the capacitive part, as highlighted through multielementary analyses, SEM observations and the low-frequency region of impedance spectra.