Effect of Polymer Modified Cement-Based Coatings on Steel Bars Anticorrosion and Bond Properties between Coated Bars and Concrete

Abstract

In this paper the anticorrosion properties of steel bars coated with polymer modified cement-based coatings in chloride solution were evaluated. Then the pullout tests were conducted using coated and uncoated steel bars embedded in concrete specimens and the bond properties between concrete and bars were tested. The results show the steel bars coated with epoxy emulsion modified cement-based coating (HY) and elastic copolymer emulsion modified cement-based coating (GT) have satisfactory anticorrosion properties in 3.5% NaCl solution for 96h. But the pullout tests display that the bond strength between the concrete and the steel bars coated with GT coating is much lower than that of the bars coated with HY coating and the uncoated specimens. The bond stress between the concrete and the bars coated with pure acrylate emulsion modified cement-based (CB) coating is the highest among the three coatings, but the resistance to chloride permeability of CB coating is poor. The results indicate the special epoxy-cement-based coating (HY) is more suitable for applying to the anticorrosion coating for steel bars in chloride condition.