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This research builds on a previous investigation, which found that corrosion-inhibitor-added deicing salts caused degradation of concrete by both anions and cations. The latest research phase looked at methods to detect the chemical reactions between concrete and corrosion-inhibitor-added deicing salts, and to determine the chemical compositions of the precipitates formed by chemical reactions between concrete and the corrosion-inhibitor-added deicing salts. The research led to the following conclusions: * a simple method was developed for the detection of chemical reactions between deicing chemicals and concrete; * the results provided clear evidence of the chemical reactions between concrete and the corrosion-inhibitor-added deicing salts; * the different amounts of precipitates (chemical reaction products) found in the test cells were dependent on the type and concentration of corrosion-inhibitor-added deicing salts