DURABILITY TEST OF CERTAIN PORTLAND CEMENTS

TESTS ON THE RELATIVE RESISTANCE TO FREEZING AND THAWING AND CERTAIN OTHER INFLUENCES OF 1:2 MORTAR WERE MADE WITH TEN COMMERCIAL PORTLAND CEMENTS DIFFERING IN CHEMICAL COMPOSITION. CROSS BENDING AND COMPRESSION STRENGTHS OF 2 BY 2 BY 12-IN. PRISMS WERE DETERMINED AFTER MOIST CURING TO VARIOUS AGES. THESE WERE COMPARED WITH THE STRENGTHS OF OTHER SPECIMENS WHICH HAD BEEN FROZEN AND THAWED AT DIFFERENT RATES AND FOR DIFFERENT NUMBERS OF CYCLES. THE DATA ARE AN IMPORTANT CONTRIBUTION OF KNOWLEDGE ON THE METHOD OF CONDUCTING THE FREEZING AND THAWING TEST, THE RELATION OF THE RESULTS OF SUCH TESTS TO THE EVAPORABLE WATER IN THE MORTAR AND THE RELATIVE RESISTANCE TO FREEZING AND THAWING AND TO SULFATE SOLUTIONS OF CEMENTS DIFFERING IN COMPOSITION. /AUTHOR/

• Record URL:
  • https://onlinepubs.trb.org/Onlinepubs/hrbproceedings/16/16-010.pdf
• Supplemental Notes:
  • Vol 16, pp 135-166, 17 FIG, 17 TAB, 1 APP. Distribution, posting, or copying of this PDF is strictly prohibited without written permission of the Transportation Research Board of the National Academy of Sciences. Unless otherwise indicated, all materials in this PDF are copyrighted by the National Academy of Sciences. Copyright © National Academy of Sciences. All rights reserved.
• Authors:
  • Mattimore, H S
• Publication Date: 1937

Media Info

• Media Type: Digital/other
• Monograph Title: Proceedings of the Sixteenth Annual Meeting of the Highway Research Board Held at Washington, D.C. November 18-20, 1936
• Serial:
  • Highway Research Board Proceedings
  • Volume: 16
  • Publisher: Highway Research Board

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Chemical composition; Concrete; Durability; Freeze thaw tests; Moisture content; Mortar; Portland cement
• Subject Areas: Highways; Materials;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00213784
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS, TRB
• Created Date: Aug 8 1971 12:00AM