image: Example of a reinforced concrete bridge in a Scandinavian fjord, which is a corrosive environment, as illustrated by the unprotected and heavily corroded steel structure in the foreground. This material relates to a paper that appeared in the Aug. 4, 2017, issue of Science Advances, published by AAAS. The paper, by U.M. Angst at ETH Zürich in Zurich, Switzerland, and colleagues was titled, 'The size effect in corrosion greatly influences the predicted life span of concrete infrastructures.' view more
Credit: [Credit: Courtesy of Dr. Claus Larsen, Norwegian Public Roads Administration, Oslo, Norway]