Water addition
Water addition
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Quanative results from adding water at time of placing concrete.
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RE: Water addition
RE: Water addition
RE: Water addition
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RE: Water addition
RE: Water addition
The rule of thumb when I worked at the D.O.T. was that increasing the slump by 1" by adding water would cause a decrease in 28-day strength of about 10%. Of course, this was a very rough and very empirical rule...
RE: Water addition
2). Adding a portion (up to 1/2 dosage) of plasticizer or superplasticizer in construction site might help to improve the workability without strength loss.
3). Combination of 1) and 2) is very effective.