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Restricted Hydration of Mass-Cured Concrete Containing Fly Ash

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 February 2011

R. H. Mills  and
N. Buenfeld
R. H. Mills
Affiliation:
Department of Civil Engineering, University of Toronto, 35 St. George St., Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5S IA4
N. Buenfeld
Affiliation:
Department of Civil Engineering, Imperial College, Imperial College Road, London, SW7 2BU, United Kingdom
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Abstract

Cement paste and concrete specimens containing three different mixtures of portland cement (PC) and high-lime fly ash (FA) were subjected to various curing conditions, and the strengths, non-evaporable water, and porosities compared with control mixes containing portland cement only. Strength and porosity data indicated that the cementing action of the mixtures was in all cases inferior to portland cement. For each mixture the strength loss resulting from imperfect curing, i.e. sealed or exposed to 50% relative humidity, was greater than for portland cement. In the case of concrete drying from one surface, strength differences were found, but these were not as clearly defined as those obtained in the paste specimens.

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Research Article
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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 85: Symposium M – Microstructural Development During Hydration of Cement , 1986 , 235
Copyright
Copyright © Materials Research Society 1987

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