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I haven't been a practicing engineer since 2007 but if my memory serves me well, to avoid problems of corrosion one often used method was to increase the cover

I haven't been a practicing engineer since 2007 but if my memory serves me well, to avoid problems of corrosion one often used method was to increase the cover [0](distance from concrete surface to top of steel reinforcement using spacers). I can't see it mentioned anywhere in the article, will probably have to re read it... [0] http://www.buildinghow.com/en-us/Products/Books/Volume-A/The-construction/Reinforcement-Specifications/Concrete-cover http://www.buildinghow.com/en-us/Products/Books/Volume-A/The...

schiffern 10y ago
As both the partial pressure of CO2 in the air and the concrete temperature rises due to climate change, the depth of carbonatation (the process that lowers pH and initiates rebar corrosion) is expected to increase by 45% by 2100 under the A1FI "business as usual" emission scenario. So expect to hear more about this problem in the future. http://www.cipremier.com/e107_files/downloads/Papers/100/37/100037012.pdf http://www.cipremier.com/e107_files/downloads/Papers/100/37/...