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Efficiency of Sodium Polyacrylate to Improve Durability of Concrete under Adverse Curing Condition
Joint Authors
Manzur, Tanvir
Iffat, Shohana
Noor, Munaz Ahmed
Source
Advances in Materials Science and Engineering
Issue
Vol. 2015, Issue 2015 (31 Dec. 2015), pp.1-8, 8 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2015-12-28
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
8
Abstract EN
The conventional external curing process requires supply of large amount of water in addition to mixing water as well as strict quality control protocol.
However, in a developing country like Bangladesh, many local contractors do not have awareness and required knowledge on importance of curing which often results in weaker concrete with durability issues.
Moreover, at times it is difficult to maintain proper external curing process due to nonavailability of water and skilled laborer.
Internal curing can be adopted under such scenario since this method is simple and less quality intensive.
Usually, naturally occurring porous light weight aggregates (LWA) are used as internal curing agent.
However, naturally occurring LWA are not available in many countries like Bangladesh.
Under these circumstances, Super Absorbent Polymer (SAP) can be utilized as an alternative internal curing agent.
In this study, sodium polyacrylate (SP) as SAP has been used to produce internally cured concrete.
Desorption isotherm of SP has been developed to investigate its effectiveness as internal curing agent.
Test results showed that internally cured concrete with SP performed better in terms of both strength and durability as compared to control samples when subjected to adverse curing conditions where supply of additional water for external curing was absent.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Manzur, Tanvir& Iffat, Shohana& Noor, Munaz Ahmed. 2015. Efficiency of Sodium Polyacrylate to Improve Durability of Concrete under Adverse Curing Condition. Advances in Materials Science and Engineering،Vol. 2015, no. 2015, pp.1-8.
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Modern Language Association (MLA)
Manzur, Tanvir…[et al.]. Efficiency of Sodium Polyacrylate to Improve Durability of Concrete under Adverse Curing Condition. Advances in Materials Science and Engineering No. 2015 (2015), pp.1-8.
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American Medical Association (AMA)
Manzur, Tanvir& Iffat, Shohana& Noor, Munaz Ahmed. Efficiency of Sodium Polyacrylate to Improve Durability of Concrete under Adverse Curing Condition. Advances in Materials Science and Engineering. 2015. Vol. 2015, no. 2015, pp.1-8.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1053615
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-1053615