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Which outcome increased water damage to Roman concrete?

A)Mixing seawater in the concrete
B)Use of bitumen as a binder
C)Increased pozzolanic ash additions
D)Lower ambient curing temperatures

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Higher chloride ingress occurred with seawater because concrete relies on pozzolanic reactions hardening; therefore accelerated rebar corrosion occurred, rather than enhanced material consolidation from mineral precipitation within volcanic ash.

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