Relative Humidity of Blended Cement Pastes in Sealed during Hydration

Abstract:

As an important part of cement-based materials，water plays an important role during hydration and self-desiccation so the measurement of relative humidity or internal moisture in the research of cement-based materials is vital. In this paper, the measurement samples are blended cement pastes in sealed with different water to cement ratios and different kind of mineral admixtures. The measurement was taken at different ages during hydration to investigate the changes of relative humidity. The result showed that the water to cement ratio was the key factor of affecting the change of relative humidity, and the effect of mineral admixture kind was not very obvious in this experiment.

• Periodical: Key Engineering Materials (Volume 539)
• Pages: 60-63
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/KEM.539.60
• Online since: January 2013
• Authors: Dan Jin, Wu Yao, Yi Chen
• Keywords: Blended Cement, Internal Moisture, Relative Humidity

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