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Negro, E. (author), Stassi, A. (author), Baglio, V. (author), Arico, A.S. (author), Koper, G.J.M. (author)Carbon graphitic structures that differ in morphology, graphiticity and specific surface area were used as support for platinum for Oxygen Reduction Reaction (ORR) in low temperature fuel cells. Graphitic supports were first non-covalently functionalized with pyrene carboxylic acid (PCA) and, subsequently, platinum nanoparticles were nucleated...journal article 2015
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Mutgi, A.V. (author)Hot formed steels are witnessing an increasing use in safety critical and structural parts for automobiles due to their high strength, light weight and absence of springback, due to which understanding the corrosion behaviour of coated products for hot forming is crucial to increase their stronghold in Body-In-White (BIW) applications for...master thesis 2015
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Van Dam, J.P.B. (author)Basic oxygen furnace (BOF) slag is a by-product of the steel conversion process in a basic oxygen furnace. A previous study at Tata Steel in Ijmuiden has discovered the inhibition effect of BOF-slag on the corrosion of cold rolled- and hot-dip galvanized steel. This inhibition effect and its mechanism was studied in this work and its was...master thesis 2015
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Remmerswaal, T.A.N. (author)Modern steel alloys are composed of several phases, for example ferrite and martensite. By varying the fraction or the size of the grains of these phases, the mechanical properties of the alloy can be altered. These microstructural variations were already found before to influence the corrosion properties of the alloy; this has been investigated...master thesis 2015
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Yang, Z. (author)Corrosion of reinforcing steel is a major culprit to durability and serviceability of concrete structures. This problem is highly relevant for civil engineering structures in the transport sector, such as bridges, tunnels, harbour quays and parking structures. The dominant aggressive external influence is the chloride load from de-icing salts or...doctoral thesis 2015
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Pacheco Farias, J. (author)Reinforcement corrosion is frequently considered as the predominant degradation mechanism affecting reinforced concrete structures. Reinforced concrete structures are commonly subject to harsh environmental and loading conditions in which aggressive species can penetrate. Chlorides, present in seawater or de-icing salts, are the main responsible...doctoral thesis 2015
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Veerman, R.P. (author), van Breugel, K. (author), Koenders, E.A.B. (author)Chloride-induced corrosion is a point of big concern in reinforced concrete (RC) structures. To monitor the actual health and to predict the remaining service-life of structures, it is important to understand the structural behaviour and the failure mechanism of structures exposed to chlorides under fatigue loading conditions. A beam test,...conference paper 2015
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Khakharia, P. (author)Global greenhouse gas emissions, especially of CO2, have been increasing tremendously over the past century. This is known to cause not only an increase of temperature, but also a change in our climate. Along with a shift to renewable sources of energy, Carbon Capture and Storage is necessary to mitigate climate change. Power plants are the...doctoral thesis 2015
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Petillo, F. (author)FPSOs are nowadays a common practice in the production of oil at sea. These ship-type offshore units, however, cannot have regular dry-docking as they have to be on field sometimes even for their entire lifetime. This is the reason why structural monitoring systems may play an important role in the safety of these units. The MONITAS JIP was...master thesis 2015
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Veerman, R.P. (author), Koenders, E.A.B. (author)De-icing salts, used on roads in heavy winters, may enter reinforced concrete (RC) structures via its capillary pore system or via cracks, initiating reinforcement corrosion and reducing its remaining service-life. Vehicles passing real bridges exert a dynamic impact action that might activate a fatigue failure mechanism. In order to generate...conference paper 2014
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Negro, E. (author)Graphitic materials have attracted a great interest in the field of sustainable energy production and storage because of their excellent electrical, mechanical and chemical properties. This thesis modestly contributes to this global research by investigating new interconnected carbon nanostructures, here called Carbon Nano-Networks (CNNs). The...doctoral thesis 2014
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Homborg, A.M. (author)The interpretation of electrochemical noise (EN) data has long been under discussion. Throughout the years, many data analysis techniques have been proposed for this purpose. As a starting point, procedures and parameters that enable identification of, or discrimination between, general and localized corrosion processes through EN are critically...doctoral thesis 2014
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Savija, B. (author)Chloride induced corrosion of reinforcing steel is recognized as the most common deterioration mechanism affecting reinforced concrete structures. As such, it has been in focus of research for more than thirty years. Numerous studies of chloride ingress, corrosion initiation, and corrosion propagation have been conducted. Most studies of...doctoral thesis 2014
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Naddaf Dezfuli, S. (author), Huan, Z. (author), Mol, J.M.C. (author), Leeflang, M.A. (author), Chang, J. (author), Zhou, J. (author)The human body is a buffered environment where pH is effectively maintained. HEPES is a biological buffer often used to mimic the buffering activity of the body in in vitro studies on the degradation behavior of magnesium. However, the influence of HEPES on the degradation behavior of magnesium in the DMEM pseudo-physiological solution has not...journal article 2014
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Mao, M. (author)MHTs (MHT-p, MHT-N) represented superior corrosion inhibition effect against chloride induced pitting corrosion in simulated concrete pore solution when compared with the pure inhibitors (pAB, NaNO2). Among them, MHT-p exhibited a better improvement of inhibition effect than MHT-N. This result is probably caused by the bigger ion exchange...master thesis 2014
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Liu, J. (author)The corrosion inhibitory effect against reinforced steel corrosion of four amino acids was evaluated comparing with sodium nitrite which is a widely used commercial inhibitor. The experiments were carried out in simulated pore solutions using electrochemical methods as well as optical microscopy. Electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS) was...master thesis 2014
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Polder, R.B. (author), Nijland, T. (author), De Rooij, M. (author), Larsen, C.K. (author), Pedersen, B. (author)Blast furnace slag cement (BFSC) has been used to build reinforced concrete structures in marine and road environment in The Netherlands for nearly a century. The experience is good and structures with long service lives can be obtained, as has been shown by several field studies. This is caused by a high resistance against chloride penetration...conference paper 2014
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Veerman, R.P. (author), Koenders, E.A.B. (author)The remaining service life of concrete structures strongly depends on the corrosion level of the reinforcement bars. It explains that measuring the corrosion rate is a key issue in monitoring the structural health of concrete structures. A common and appropriate technique used to evaluate the instantaneous corrosion rate of steel reinforcement...conference paper 2014
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Blagojevic, A. (author), Koleva, D.A. (author), Walraven, J.C. (author)Chloride-induced corrosion of steel reinforcement is one of the major threats to durability of reinforced concrete structures in aggressive environmental conditions. When the steel reinforcement starts to corrode, structures gradually lose integrity and service life is shortened. Cracks are inevitable in practice and they facilitate ingress of...conference paper 2014