Minimisation of steel atmospheric corrosion: Updated structure of intervention

The present work addresses in a concise and sequential way the updated structure of intervention for minimising the atmospheric corrosion of steel, considering matters such as the mechanisms of atmospheric corrosion of iron, the different protection techniques and respective influential factors, and refers to aspects related with the specifications for new steelworks and maintenance. It also establishes the essential guidelines for setting up a “Certification Scheme for Anticorrosive Paint Systems”, based on existing and emerging international standards and results of Ibero-American R&D Projects, whose extended application, in the different countries, would allow the high cost of atmospheric corrosion of steel structures to be drastically reduced.