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How closely can we determine the water-cement ratio of hardened concrete?
Abstract Generally, a determination of the water-cement ratio (w/c) of hardened concrete is not very useful, but there exist indirect methods for that purpose. A direct method, utilizing optical fluorescence microscopy, has been standardized by a Nordic organization; it requires the use of reference standards of a range of mixes with specific ingredients and a known curing history. The method is useful for quality control in repetitive production of concrete elements. A recent paper claims that the w/c of unknown concrete can be determined with a precision of ±0.02. A review of that paper, utilizing simple statistical tests, shows that the claim is unfounded, so that caution in the use of optical fluorescence microscopy is required.
How closely can we determine the water-cement ratio of hardened concrete?
Abstract Generally, a determination of the water-cement ratio (w/c) of hardened concrete is not very useful, but there exist indirect methods for that purpose. A direct method, utilizing optical fluorescence microscopy, has been standardized by a Nordic organization; it requires the use of reference standards of a range of mixes with specific ingredients and a known curing history. The method is useful for quality control in repetitive production of concrete elements. A recent paper claims that the w/c of unknown concrete can be determined with a precision of ±0.02. A review of that paper, utilizing simple statistical tests, shows that the claim is unfounded, so that caution in the use of optical fluorescence microscopy is required.
How closely can we determine the water-cement ratio of hardened concrete?
Neville, A. (author)
2003
Article (Journal)
English
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