Primer Stops Corrosion Without Requiring Rust Removal

  • Magazine Article
  • TBMG-25015
Published July 01, 2016 by Tech Briefs Media Group in United States
Language:
  • English

The world is made out of bad concrete and rusty steel, and corrosion is the primary cause of deterioration of our infrastructure,” says Bob Walde, vice president of technology for Surtreat Holding LLC. The problem, he says, is that engineers tend to try to stop corrosion by physical means that address the symptoms but not the underlying causes. “Corrosion is an electrochemical process, and it can be inhibited by changing the chemical environment around the steel.”