Fighting Corrosion

About this technology

Overview

Reinforced concrete structures such as bridges, parking decks, and balconies are designed to have a service life of over 50 years. Many structures fall short of this goal due to the corrosion of reinforced steel within the concrete infrastructure. Such corrosion is a particularly dangerous problem for the facilities at NASA's Kennedy Space Center. In order to protect its launch support structures, highways, pipelines, and other steel reinforced concrete structures, Kennedy engineers developed the Galvanic Liquid Applied Coating System. The system utilizes an inorganic coating material that slows or stops the corrosion of reinforced steel members inside concrete structures. CortecR Corporation licensed the NASA-developed technology and markets it as GalvaCorr.T The liquid coating can be sprayed or hand applied to concrete structures. GalvaCorr has commercial value for the transportation, infrastructure, marine infrastructure, civil engineering, and construction industries. Without this technology, embedded steel structures will continue to corrode and deteriorate until failure occurs.