EFFECT OF CALCIUM CHLORIDE ON THE WATER REQUIREMENTS, SPECIFIC WEIGHTS AND COMPRESSIVE STRENGTHS OF CONCRETES MADE WITH PLAIN AND TREATED CEMENTS

SLUMP AND FLOW TESTS WERE MADE ON CONCRETES USING A PORTLAND CEMENT, A WIDE RANGE OF WATER-CEMENT RATIOS, AND TWO CEMENT FACTORS. COMPARATIVE TESTS WERE MADE ON CONCRETES CONTAINING TWO PERCENT COMMERCIAL CALCIUM CHLORIDE. CALCIUM CHLORIDE INCREASED THE WORKABILITY OF ALL CONCRETES TESTED, BEING SLIGHTLY MORE EFFECTIVE ON THE RICHER MIX IN THE RANGE OF SLUMP OF TWO TO SIX INCHES. WATER REQUIREMENT, COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH AND SPECIFIC WEIGHT TESTS WERE ALSO MADE ON CONCRETES OF CONSTANT SLUMP USING FOUR PLAIN CEMENTS AND FOUR CEMENTS CONTAINING AN INTERGROUND AIR-ENTRAINING AGENT. COMPARATIVE TESTS WERE MADE WITH TWO PERCENT CALCIUM CHLORIDE. COMPARED TO THE PLAIN CONCRETES, THE CONCRETES MADE WITH TREATED CEMENTS REQUIRED FROM 0 TO 2% LESS MIXING WATER AND HAD LOWER SPECIFIC WEIGHTS, AND IN MOST CASES HAD LOWER COMPRESSIVE STRENGTHS; THE ADDITION OF CALCIUM CHLORIDE TO THE VINSOL RESIN CEMENT CONCRETES DECREASED THE REQUIRED WATER AND INCREASED THE EARLY STRENGTHS AND THE SPECIFIC WEIGHTS. /AUTHOR/

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• Publication Date: 1944

Media Info

• Media Type: Digital/other
• Monograph Title: Proceedings of the Twenty-Third Annual Meeting of the Highway Research Board Held at Edgewater Beach Hotel, Chicago, Illinois November 27-30, 1943
• Serial:
  • Highway Research Board Proceedings
  • Volume: 23
  • Publisher: Highway Research Board

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Alternatives analysis; Calcium chloride; Cement; Compressive strength; Concrete; Vinyl resins; Water consumption; Weight; Workability
• Uncontrolled Terms: Comparative analysis; Treatment
• Old TRIS Terms: Water requirements
• Subject Areas: Highways; Materials;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00213926
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS, TRB
• Created Date: Jul 18 1971 12:00AM