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A passive, wireless and inexpensive sensor has been developed to monitor the conductivity of concrete and thereby
provide information on the progress of chloride-induced corrosion of the embedded reinforcement in concrete structures.
Sensors are designed to be attached to the reinforcement cages before placement of the concrete in new construction or
in portions of rehabilitated structures. Sensors will then be interrogated intermittently over the service life during routine
inspections. The results of two experimental investigations are discussed in this paper. In the first, conductivity sensors
were submerged in liquids of increasing conductivity. In the second, conductivity sensors were embedded in concrete
cylinders and interrogated over a 25-week period during initial set and curing of the concrete. Analysis of the measured
data shows that the passive conductivity sensors were successful in detecting a variety of conductivity levels in the
concrete.
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Jin Young Kim, Praveenkumar Pasupathy, Chih-Chieh Chou, Sharon L. Wood, Dean P. Neikirk, "Embedded passive wireless sensors for detecting conductivity within RC structures," Proc. SPIE 7983, Nondestructive Characterization for Composite Materials, Aerospace Engineering, Civil Infrastructure, and Homeland Security 2011, 79832L (19 April 2011); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.880412