Which risk increases when chloride ions penetrate a concrete bridge deck with embedded rebar?

💡 Explanation

When chloride ions penetrate concrete, depassivation of the rebar's protective oxide layer occurs because chloride ions disrupt the passive layer, leading to accelerated corrosion. Therefore accelerated rebar corrosion results, rather than spalling, load reduction, or fatigue cracking which depend on other degradation mechanisms.

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