CONCRETE IN SULPHATE-BEARING SOILS AND GROUNDWATERS

This digest discusses the factors responsible for sulphate attack on concrete below ground level, and recommends what can be done, by suitable selection of cement type and concrete quality, to resist attack by naturally-occurring sulphates. Digest 90 is now withdrawn. /Author/TRRL/

• Corporate Authors:

  Building Research Establishment

  Building Research Station, Garston
  Watford WD2 7JR, Hertsford,   England 
• Publication Date: 1975-2

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: References; Tables;
• Pagination: 4 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Cement; Concrete; Groundwater; Physical properties; Research; Soils; Sulfates
• Uncontrolled Terms: Concrete properties
• ITRD Terms: 4758: Cement; 4755: Concrete; 4383: Ground water; 9063: Quality; 4156: Soil; 5544: Strength (mater); 7310: Sulphate
• Subject Areas: Geotechnology; Highways; Materials; Research;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00127245
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport and Road Research Laboratory (TRRL)
• Report/Paper Numbers: BRE Digest 174 R&D Rept.
• Files: ITRD, TRIS
• Created Date: Apr 7 1976 12:00AM