... alkaline media is possible. The present investigation presents the corrosion performance of reinforcing steel in mortar specimens exposed to a chloride-laden environment, when Nopal slime was added in mortar, a cement-based material. Nopal slime used was fabricated by boiling Nopal thickets...

...Kasturie Premlall; J. Herman Potgieter; S. Potgieter‐Vermaak Purpose The effect of chlorides on corrosion of reinforcing steel is well documented in the literature. However, few studies have focused attention on the effect of sulphates on the corrosion of low carbon steel in alkaline media...