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Title: | Effect of plastering on the carbonation of a 19-year-old reinforced concrete building | Authors: | Roy, S.K. Northwood, D.O. Poh, K.B. |
Keywords: | Carbonation Reinforced concrete Surface finishing |
Issue Date: | Jun-1996 | Citation: | Roy, S.K., Northwood, D.O., Poh, K.B. (1996-06). Effect of plastering on the carbonation of a 19-year-old reinforced concrete building. Construction and Building Materials 10 (4) : 267-272. ScholarBank@NUS Repository. https://doi.org/10.1016/0950-0618(95)00093-3 | Abstract: | An extensive carbonation survey was conducted of a 19-year-old commercial building that was situated in a tropical environment. A significant reduction in carbonation was found for those structural components that were plastered (sand-cement render) compared to those with no surface finishing. There was no carbonation of the concrete when the plaster (render) thickness exceeded 30 mm. The carbonation data on non-plastered structural components showed that the depth of carbonation decreased with increasing core strength. The measured carbonation rate constant (K= 5.05 mm yr-0.5) is consistent with previous measurements in a similar climate but is higher than reported for structures in temperate climates (K = 1 to 3 mm yr-0.5). Copyright © 1996 Elsevier Science Ltd. | Source Title: | Construction and Building Materials | URI: | http://scholarbank.nus.edu.sg/handle/10635/114146 | ISSN: | 09500618 | DOI: | 10.1016/0950-0618(95)00093-3 |
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