Investigation of carbonation parameters of selected structures along railway stations and CO2 level mapping

• Main Authors: Alejo, Francis Manuel A., Biscocho, Carmina Joy, Patawaran, Johannes Michaelo D., Piojo, Lucille Anne D.
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Animo Repository 2017
• Subjects: Transportation buildings; Railroads > Buildings and structures; Building materials; Civil Engineering
• Online Access: https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/etd_bachelors/9360
• Institution: De La Salle University

Carbonation is considered to be a natural phenomenon in which carbon dioxide penetrates the pores of concrete structures, leading to the formation of calcium carbonate (CaCO3) (Copuroglu, Park, and Yoon, 2007) which initiates the corrosion of the steel reinforcement embedded within the concrete. On...