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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 11, 2004
Filed:
Nov. 07, 2002
Applicant:
Inventor:
Paul W. Brown, State College, PA (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E04B 1/00 ; E04G 2/100 ; E04C 1/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
E04B 1/00 ; E04G 2/100 ; E04C 1/00 ;
Abstract
A method of resisting corrosion in concrete containing metal elements is provided. It includes introducing into fresh concrete, containing metal elements, at least one compound capable of sequestering chloride ions. The method may also involve employing a compound which is capable of establishing a corrosion resistant oxide layer on the metal reinforcing elements. The invention also includes certain compounds which may be employed in the method as well as concrete structures containing the compounds.