Which risk increases when concrete experiences accelerated carbonation in reinforced bridge columns?

💡 Explanation

When concrete carbonates, the pH decreases because carbon dioxide reacts with calcium hydroxide, leading to a reduction in alkalinity that protects rebar, and causing accelerated corrosion. Therefore rebar corrosion results, rather than spalling, shear failure, or buckling which involve different deterioration mechanisms in the concrete matrix.

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