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Hindawi Publishing Corporation Advances in Materials Science and Engineering Volume 2015, Article ID 540395, 11 pages /10.1155/2015/540395 Research Article Effect of NaNO and C H NO Synergistic 2 6 15 3 Admixtures on Steel-Rebar Corrosion in Concrete Immersed in Aggressive Environments Joshua Olusegun Okeniyi,1 Abimbola Patricia Idowu Popoola,2 Cleophas Akintoye Loto,1,2 Olugbenga Adeshola Omotosho,1 Stanley Okechukwu Okpala,1 and Idemudia Joshua Ambrose1 1 Mechanical Engineering Department, Covenant University, Ota 112001, Nigeria 2 Chemical and Metallurgical Engineering Department, Tshwane University of Technology, Pretoria 0001, South Africa Correspondence should be addressed to Joshua Olusegun Okeniyi; joshua.okeniyi@.ng Received 5 October 2014; Accepted 2 March 2015 Academic Editor: Richard Hennig Copyright © 2015 Joshua Olusegun Okeniyi et al. his is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. his paper studies efect of diferent combinations of NaNO (sodium nitrite) and C H NO (triethanolamine (TEA)), as 2 6 15 3 synergistic admixtures in concrete immersed in NaCl and in H2 SO4 test environments, on the corrosion of the concrete reinforcing steel (rebar). Although statistically analysed electrochemical test results conirmed NaNO2 efectiveness, synergistic combinations of 4 g NaNO + 4 g C H NO in NaCl medium and of 2 g NaNO + 6 g C H