We are building a modular home with a basement foundation. They just poured the cement for it today and I just found out the my added calcium chloride as an accelerant to set the cement faster. I see that that can accelerate the rusting of the rebar in the walls, but we live in a pretty dry area. How much does it accelerate degradation and is there any thing we can do to mitigate it? I am unsure of the ratio that he added to the mix.
The foreman said calcium, but not necessarily calcium chloride. Could he be referring to anything else?




