Cool. Fuck Microsoft
dousing them with a mixture of hydrogen peroxide, acetic acid, salt, and acrylic paint
Is there a civil engineer here who would know what degree of damage will this cause?
Pretty minor. If they picked up the whole data center and soaked it in a large jug of 10% acetic acid for about nine months, the concrete would lose about 20% of its strength.
Not sure about the civil engineering side, but I assume there’s enough safety factor in your average construction to account for 20% strength loss.
That safety margin is supposed to last many years, though. If it’s removed before the building is even constructed, it might have to be re-poured.
Yeah, but we’re talking about literally soaking the entire building in concentrated vinegar for months, not throwing a water balloon of regular vinegar at it. This particular case probably didn’t do anything
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Not an engineer but vinegar (ascetic acid) at full strength applied early enough during curing could be a problem. If it’s the watered down stuff for home use and the concrete was already partially cured it wouldn’t do almost anything.