Age of Concrete
Age of Concrete
(OP)
Is there a quick way to find out the approximate age of small concrete samples ?
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RE: Age of Concrete
Why do you need to tell the age of a sample? If you don't know the age, you likely don't know the curing, which likely as not means it does not match what is in the field, which makes the results meaningless.
Just my two cents...
Cheers,
YS
P.S. It will be interesting to see if anyone has a method, but remember to question the value; You must know a whole lot more about a sample/cylinder in order for any test results to have real world merit.
B.Eng (Carleton), P.Eng (Ontario), MIPENZ (Structural-New Zealand)
Working in Canada, and missing my adoptive New Zealand family... at least I brought the little Kiwi with me!
RE: Age of Concrete
RE: Age of Concrete
RE: Age of Concrete
RE: Age of Concrete
Assuming that your context of old is meant with-in the last few months...
"Assuming" the producer/supplier has the mix design, pilot and recent breaks, you "should" be able to correlate time with strength based on the recent history of breaks as long as the ambient temp. has not drastically changed, material sources are the same, and you can confirm the concrete was placed/cured with-in current recommended guidelines. Even so you would be guessing at best.
So I guess to answer your question, there is no quick way.
RE: Age of Concrete
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We could all guess this is forensic work.... people are curious why age would matter at all and how it could be a mystery if the problem is so fresh that people are still alive to sue.
RE: Age of Concrete