Methodology for simulating the process of microbiologically induced degradation of concrete by chemical exposure of specimens under controlled laboratory conditions

Abstract

Abstract Research studies on the kinetics of the corrosion process that attacks concrete coincide in the amount of variables that interfere with the process, such as the impact of the pH levels of the corrosive environment and the surface of the concrete and the concentrations of biogenic sulfuric acid at the site. For this reason, it is vitally important to know the resistance of concrete to this attack in controlled laboratory conditions, defining a methodology that contributes to the development of new research related, for example, to the degradation of concrete in component elements of a sewer system.