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Title: | Hydration of cement and pore structure of concrete cured in tropical environment | Authors: | Zhang, S. Zhang, M. |
Keywords: | Curing Hydration Pore size distribution Temperature w/c ratio |
Issue Date: | Oct-2006 | Citation: | Zhang, S., Zhang, M. (2006-10). Hydration of cement and pore structure of concrete cured in tropical environment. Cement and Concrete Research 36 (10) : 1947-1953. ScholarBank@NUS Repository. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cemconres.2004.11.006 | Abstract: | This paper presents the results of an experimental study on the effect of curing on the degree of cement hydration and capillary porosity of concrete in a tropical environment. It provides basic information for the estimation of w/c of hardened concrete using petrographic methods. Concrete with w/c ratios of 0.30 to 0.70 with an increment of 0.05 was investigated. The concrete was cured at 20 and 35 °C and exposed to various durations of moist curing. The results indicated that the concrete cured at 20 °C water for 28 days had a higher degree of cement hydration and lower capillary porosity than did the concrete cured in water of the same temperature for 7 days followed by exposure to outdoor air for 21 days, but had an opposite trend compared to the concrete cured in 35 °C water for 7 days followed by exposure to outdoor air. However, the differences on the degree of cement hydration and capillary porosity for the concrete cured in these different conditions were not significant. © 2004 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. | Source Title: | Cement and Concrete Research | URI: | http://scholarbank.nus.edu.sg/handle/10635/65668 | ISSN: | 00088846 | DOI: | 10.1016/j.cemconres.2004.11.006 |
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