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Dale Bentz, Phillip Halleck, Abraham Grader, and John Roberts RILEM Conference- Volume Changes of Hardening Concrete: Testing and Mitigation August 2006 Outline Need for internal curing Blended cements “Undercuring” with internal curing Microtomography observations of water movement during internal curing Quantitative analysis of 3-D images Mixture proportioning for internal curing What is internal curing (IC)? Answer: As being considered by ACI-308, “internal curing refers to the process by which the hydration of cement occurs because of the availability of additional internal water that