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Experimental Study and

Modelling on the Effects of
Tannic Acid as Corrosion
Inhibitor on Steel
Reinforcements
DEL ROSARIO DOMINGO OFRENEO SAN MIGUEL
ENGR. STEPHEN JOHN C. CLEMENTE
DR. ARMI CUNANAN YABUT
Introduction 2

Background of the study

Corrosion
Tannic Acid
Samples
Cylindrical
Rectangular
Impressed Current Method
Weight-loss Analysis
Regression Analysis
Introduction 3

Significance of the Study

Construction Industry
Producers of Concrete
Future Researchers
Introduction 4

Main Objective
to determine the effects of tannic acid as corrosion inhibitor to the
resistance of steel reinforcements in concrete mixture due to chloride
induced corrosion.
Specific Objective
Determine the workability of fresh concrete with tannic acid using slump
test.
Investigate the effects of tannic acid to 28th day compressive strength
of normal concrete mixture.
Measure the level of corrosion in steel reinforcements subjected to
accelerated corrosion using weight loss analysis and validate the data
using regression analysis.
Introduction 5

Scope and Delimitation

We will be using only 1 compressive strength of concrete
Cylindrical & rectangular samples
Only three different dosage of tannic acid
Three samples for each dosage
Accelerated corrosion for all samples will be induced until all the
samples gain visible cracks
Weight-loss analysis will be the only method to use in measuring
corrosion level
Introduction 6

Conceptual Framework
Input Process Output

Concrete slump Flowability of fresh

testing concrete induced with
tannic acid
Tannic acid powder Accelerated
corrosion by means Corrosion rates due to
of the impressed different dosages of
Reinforced current technique tannic acid on
concrete beam concrete samples
samples
Weight loss analysis
Compressive strengths
Concrete cylinder Modelling using due to different
samples simple regression dosages of tannic acid
analysis on concrete samples

Salt solution Analytical corrosion
UTM Compressive level prediction model
test from the data acquired
from the experiment
Review of Related Literature 7

The inhibition effect of tannic acid on mild steel corrosion in

seawater wet/dry cyclic conditions Qian et al., 2013
85.99% inhibition efficiency using weight loss analysis
86.05% inhibition efficiency polarization curves
Review of Related Literature 8

Effectiveness of Impressed Current Technique to Simulate Corrosion

of Steel Reinforcement in Concrete - El Maaddawy & Soudki, 2003
100-500A/cm2 current density - effective
7.27% mass loss
exceeding 200A/cm2 current density expansion corrosion
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Materials
Rectangular beam sample (150mm x 150mm x 600mm) with 1 pc of
12mm diameter steel bar.
Cylindrical sample (150mm diameter, 300mm height)
Powdered tannic acid
Salt solution (sodium chloride)
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Design Procedures
Cylindrical and beam samples
Fc = 28MPa (4000psi)
1
Cement-sand-gravel = (1 : 1 : 4)
2

W/C = (0.45)
Samples for compressive strength
ASTM C39/C39M
Samples mix with tannic acid
ASTM C494/C494M
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Tannic acid
Dosage (1%, 2%, and 3%)

Samples mix with tannic acid

ASTM C494/C494M
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Treatment of Samples
Curing
ASTM C192/C192M
28 days
Impressed Current
Adaptor
500A/cm2
Chloride accelerated corrosion
Sodium Chloride (5%)
Methodology 13

Testing
Slump Test
ASTM C143/C143M
Compressive Test
ASTM C39/C39M
Methodology 14

Analysis
Weight Loss Analysis
Regression Analysis