The QUIKRETE Companies has announced that a chemical Corrosion Inhibitor has been added to the QUIKRETE line of FastSet Commercial Grade products. The added Corrosion Inhibitor is designed to protect structural steel reinforcement bars (rebar) by preventing oxidation after full and/or partial depth repairs of highway bridges, parking garages, coastal facilities and other structures.
Full and partial depth repairs are necessary when the rebar within a structure corrodes, causing it to expand and create cracks in the concrete. During full depth repairs, the cracked concrete is broken up so that corrosion can be mechanically removed from the rebar — located two inches below the surface of the structure — and then coated with mortar or concrete. The Corrosion Inhibitor additive will allow QUIKRETE FastSet Commercial Grade products to chemically counteract the corrosion process which takes place at the interface between the iron and the concrete.
"Corrosion Inhibitor was developed in the QUIKRETE Technical Center after extensive research as to how we could help improve full and partial depth repairs of America's highway bridges," said Dennis Winchester, QUIKRETE executive vice president. "Upgrading our commercial line of products is an example of how the QUIKRETE Companies is committed to providing construction professionals with the tools to improve building and repair projects"
For more information, call 800-282-5828 or see www.quikrete.com. CM