Abstract
Tower Type Sensor (TTS) was developed to monitor the depth-related electrical resistivity in chloride-contaminated cement mortar using an electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS) method. This paper also details the arrangements of TTS. Then sensor geometric constant k was determined in 0.01 mol/L KCl solution. According to the modified equivalent circuit characteristics of TTS system embedded in the cement mortar, a frequency range from 20,000 Hz to 100 Hz is recommended instead of traditional constant frequency which is found to be less accurate due to neglected interface capacitance.
Keywords
Cement mortar, EIS, Polarization, Resistivity, Frequency.
Citation
S. LU, H. BA, Y. YANG, Monitoring depth-related electrical resistivity of coverzone mortar by tower type sensor using EIS method, Optoelectronics and Advanced Materials - Rapid Communications, 4, 7, July 2010, pp.1017-1021 (2010).
Submitted at: March 7, 2010
Accepted at: July 14, 2010