Table 4 Corrosion weight per unit length of different anchor bars for 6 months of corrosion.

From: Performance evolution of prestressing anchor bars in corrosive environments experimental study

pH

Corrosion weight per unit length (g cm−1)

No prestressing

24% stress level

36% stress level

48% stress level

Measured value

Average value

Measured value

Average value

Measured value

Average value

Measured value

Average value

5.0

0.103

0.093

0.116

0.108

0.118

0.109

0.110

0.102

0.087

0.108

0.110

0.100

0.089

0.100

0.099

0.096

7.0

0.053

0.051

0.083

0.072

0.088

0.078

0.085

0.076

0.052

0.068

0.074

0.072

0.048

0.065

0.072

0.071

9.0

0.028

0.02

0.057

0.053

0.059

0.056

0.056

0.050

0.017

0.053

0.056

0.050

0.015

0.049

0.053

0.044