Abstract
The corrosion resistance of reinforced Carbon steel in saturated Ca(OH)(2) solutions has been investigated. The influence of additions of vanadium and titanium micro-alloying elements on the corrosion resistance of carbon steel has been studied using weight loss, open Circuit potential (OCP), potentiodynamic polarization and electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS).. The results obtained from the steady state potential (E-SS) and the polarization resistance (R-p) measurements indicated the beneficial addition effects of Ti and V as micro-alloying elements for decreasing the corrosion rate. The grain refining due to micro-alloying additions plays an important role in an improvement of the corrosion resistance of the investigated steel.