Image: Concrete wall cracking as steel reinforcing corrodes and swells 9058
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Description: Retaining wall — The rust formed as the iron corrodes has a lower density than the metal, so it expands as it forms, cracking the decorative cladding off the wall, as well as damaging the structural concrete. Photograph taken in grounds of Newton Park Technical High School, Port Elizabeth, South Africa
Title: Concrete wall cracking as steel reinforcing corrodes and swells 9058
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Author: JonRichfield
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