From Weather To Steel - Blog 6 - Yukta Yogeesh
24/August/2020 Impact of Weather conditions on the building material - Steel Temperature - Steel expands in summer, when the temperature is down, it might contract. This repeated expansion and contraction might affect the durability and the tensile strength of the steel. Humidity and Precipitation - The major factor that has an impact on steel - Corrosion, erosion, rusting - When there is moisture content in the air, the steel tends to react with the water. Wind - Contains salt content - steel is reactive to salt Disadvantages of Steel - Impact of weather conditions on Steel High atmospheric humidity increases the moisture content in air. A steel surface is allowed to begin to rust when the relative humidity in the air climbs above 50%, and steel surely rusts when the relative humidity reaches 80%. This can result in flash rust that collapses the coating. If it is painted, it might result in blistering and delamination of the surface coa...