Role of mill scale on corrosion behavior of steel rebars
The steel rebars with and without mill scale were embedded in mortar with about 55 mm of the cover thickness shown in Fig 2a and the mortar was cured for 28 days in a container kept at room temperature and at 95 RH or higher controlled by using saturated K 2 SO 4 solution The mortar was produced by mixing water ordinary Portland cement powder and fine aggregates