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On Tue, 24 Feb 2009 15:53:22 GMT, (Richard
Casady) wrote:

On Mon, 23 Feb 2009 20:26:05 -0800, "Alex"
wrote:

Wouldn't the embedded iron and steel be likely to corrode, possibly causing
the surrounding concrete to fracture, if the ferroconcrete mixture were
exposed to continuous submersion, especially in a salt water environment?

There is a lot of steel inside a lot of wet concrete, and it doesn't
seem to matter. What will swell and spall a crater in a street, is a
bit of coal. Always makes a rust stain as well.

Casady
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