Reinforced Concrete Structure - an overview ...
Lars-Olof Nilsson, in Developments in the Formulation and Reinforcement of Concrete (Second Edition), 2019. 5.3.1 Conclusion. Reinforced concrete structures are vulnerable to two types of corrosion—corrosion initiated by carbonation and corrosion initiated by chlorides. A concrete material with w/c ratio below 0.4 will be so resistant to the ingress of the carbon dioxide that would cause ...