WET AND DRY CONCRETE SURFACES

THE AIM OF THIS BULLETIN IS TO DETERMINE THE INFLUENCE OF SURFACE HUMIDITY ON THE COLOR OF CONCRETE, THE EFFECT OF GRADING, TO PROPOSE PREVENTIVE MEASURES, AND TO PRESENT TEST RESULTS. IT IS CONCLUDED THAT COMPACT CONCRETE (WITH A LOW W/C RATIO AND HIGH PROPORTION OF CEMENT) DARKENS LESS AND FOR NOT AS LONG UNDER WET CONDITONS. SMOOTH SURFACES SEEM LESS PRONE TO CHANGES IN COLOR. TREATMENT WITH WATER REPELLENT AGENTS GIVES VERY SATISFACTORY RESULTS. /TRRL/

• Corporate Authors:

  Industrie Suisse du Ciment - TFB

  Wildegg,   Switzerland 
• Publication Date: 1971-3

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: Photos;
• Pagination: p. 5
• Serial:
  • Bulletin du Ciment
  • Issue Number: 15

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Cement content; Colorants; Compaction; Concrete; Grain size (Geology); Humidity; Moisture content; Texture; Water repellents
• Uncontrolled Terms: Wet conditions
• Old TRIS Terms: Concrete coloring
• Subject Areas: Highways; Materials;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00213168
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport and Road Research Laboratory (TRRL)
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Dec 4 2003 12:00AM