diff --git a/src/materials/ConcreteASREigenstrain.C b/src/materials/ConcreteASREigenstrain.C
index 914cbec5a..85b697044 100644
--- a/src/materials/ConcreteASREigenstrain.C
+++ b/src/materials/ConcreteASREigenstrain.C
@@ -155,7 +155,7 @@ ConcreteASREigenstrain::ConcreteASREigenstrain(const InputParameters & parameter
   else if (temperature_unit == "Kelvin")
     _temp_offset = 0.0;
   else
-    mooseError("Unsupported temperature unit");
+    mooseAssert(false, "Unsupported temperature unit");
 
   // Convert input value of reference temperature to Kelvin
   _ref_temp += _temp_offset;
@@ -271,7 +271,7 @@ ConcreteASREigenstrain::computeResidual(unsigned qp, Real scalar)
     }
   }
   else
-    mooseError("Invalid expansion type");
+    mooseAssert(false, "Invalid expansion type");
 
   // Convert current temperature to Kelvin
   const Real T = _temperature[qp] + _temp_offset;
@@ -306,7 +306,7 @@ ConcreteASREigenstrain::computeDerivative(unsigned qp, Real scalar)
     }
   }
   else
-    mooseError("Invalid expansion type");
+    mooseAssert(false, "Invalid expansion type");
 
   // Convert current temperature to Kelvin
   const Real T = _temperature[qp] + _temp_offset;
diff --git a/src/materials/ConcreteExpansionEigenstrainBase.C b/src/materials/ConcreteExpansionEigenstrainBase.C
index b0ba7cc29..f304cc954 100644
--- a/src/materials/ConcreteExpansionEigenstrainBase.C
+++ b/src/materials/ConcreteExpansionEigenstrainBase.C
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ ConcreteExpansionEigenstrainBase::computeQpEigenstrain()
     _eigenstrain[_qp] = _eigenstrain_old[_qp] + inc_weighted_strain;
   }
   else
-    mooseError("Invalid expansion type");
+    mooseAssert(false, "Invalid expansion type");
 }
 
 Real
diff --git a/test/tests/concrete_expansion_microcracking/tests b/test/tests/concrete_expansion_microcracking/tests
index 8a0709dd3..bebf1fae3 100644
--- a/test/tests/concrete_expansion_microcracking/tests
+++ b/test/tests/concrete_expansion_microcracking/tests
@@ -93,4 +93,12 @@
       detail = 'and with a 10 MPa compressive pressure in the x, y, and z directions.'
     []
   []
+  [concrete_microcracking_damage_isotropic_error]
+    type = 'RunException'
+    input = 'concrete_expansion_microcracking.i'
+    expect_err = 'ConcreteExpansionMicrocrackingDamage requires that the elasticity tensor be guaranteed isotropic'
+    cli_args = 'Materials/inactive=concrete Materials/aniso/type=ComputeElasticityTensor Materials/aniso/fill_methode=orthotropic Materials/aniso/C_ijkl="2.0e5 2.0e5 2.0e5 0.71428571e5 0.71428571e5 0.71428571e5 0.4 0.4 0.4"'
+    allow_test_objects = True
+    requirement = 'The ConcreteExpansionMicrocrackingDamage model shall generate an error if used with a material that is not guaranteed isotropic'
+  []
 []
diff --git a/test/tests/concrete_moisture_heat_transfer/tests b/test/tests/concrete_moisture_heat_transfer/tests
index 34dd1de36..0e6f27597 100644
--- a/test/tests/concrete_moisture_heat_transfer/tests
+++ b/test/tests/concrete_moisture_heat_transfer/tests
@@ -6,6 +6,5 @@
     type = 'Exodiff'
     input = 'maqbeth.i'
     exodiff = 'maqbeth_out.e'
-    skip = 'temporary - avoid failure in debug tests'
   []
 []
diff --git a/test/tests/concrete_sulfide_attack/tests b/test/tests/concrete_sulfide_attack/tests
index ddd438605..d1641ebb1 100644
--- a/test/tests/concrete_sulfide_attack/tests
+++ b/test/tests/concrete_sulfide_attack/tests
@@ -2,9 +2,17 @@
   issues = '#171'
   design = 'ConcreteThermalMoisture.md ReactionNetwork/index.md'
   [./test]
+  [test]
     type = 'Exodiff'
     input = 'sulfide_attack.i'
     exodiff = 'sulfide_attack_out.e'
     requirement = 'Blackbear shall model the migration and reactions between chemical species involved in sulfide attack on concrete'
+  []
+  [aqueous_speciations_syntax]
+    type = 'RunException'
+    input = 'sulfide_attack.i'
+    cli_args = 'ReactionNetwork/aqueous_speciations="(1.0)ca / (1.0)cl = (1.0)cacl -0.7"'
+    expect_err = 'Error parsing term: /'
+    requirement = 'The ReactionNetwork model shall generate an error if an incorrect form is provided for aqueous speciacions'
   [../]
 []