Mixture Proportioning for Internal Curing.pdf

Mixture Proportioning for Internal Curing BY DALE P. BENTZ, PIETRO LURA, AND JOHN W. ROBERTS he concept of internal concrete curing is steadily transfer of water from the external surface to the 1,2 6 Tprogressing from the laboratory to field practice. concrete interior. This is one justification for internal In terminology currently being considered by ACI curing. Additional water that can be distributed somewhat Committee 308, Curing Concrete, “internal curing refers uniformly throughout the concrete will be more readily to the process by which the hydration of cement occurs able to reach unhydrated cement. because of the availability of additional internal water that is not part of the mixing water.” The additional REQUIRED INTERNAL CURING WATER internal water is typically supplied by using relatively How much lightweight aggregate is needed to supply small amounts of saturated, lightweight, fine aggregates water for internal curing of any given concrete mixture? 3 6 (LWA) or superabsorbent polymer (SAP) particles in the Bentz and Snyder have previously published an 4 equation for calculating this: concrete. Benefits of internal curing include increased hydration and strength development, reduced autogenous