Research Article

Inhibition Effect of Natural Pozzolan and Zinc Phosphate Baths on Reinforcing Steel Corrosion

Table 6

, , , the passivity range, and the inhibition efficiency for the coated steel specimens and the bare steel.

Zinc phosphate bathI (μA/cm2) (V/SCE) (V/SCE)Passivity range (V/SCE)Inhibition efficiency (%)

Bare steel (Reference)10.3-0.626-0.0810.545-
ZnP2.4-0.6460.1340.7876.7
ZnP-Mn1.6-0.5860.2430.82984.5
ZnP-Ni0.7-0.5210.4680.98993.2
ZnP-Cu0.5-0.4160.5941.0195.1