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    EFFECT OF RUST ON THE WETTABILITY OF STEEL BY WATER

    Year: 1998

    Journal: Cement and Concrete Research, Vol. 28, No. 4, pp. 477-480, 1998, 20111221

    Authors: W. Lu and D.D.L. Chung

    Organizations: Composite Materials Research Laboratory, State University of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY 14260-4400, USA

    Rust, as formed on steel by immersion of low-carbon steel in water, was found to improve the wettability of steel by water. The advancing contact angle decreased from 87° to 32°, and the receding contact angle decreased from 81° to 29°. Cleansing of steel by acetone also helped improve the wettability, but the advancing angle only decreased from 87° to 73°, and the receding angle only decreased from 81° to 41°.