Author(s)

M. Anwar

Abstract

The resistance of cementitious materials to chemical attack or physical degradation is related to the mechanical properties of the material, but more importantly the chemical and microstructural characteristics and particularly the pore structure of the hardened material. Given information about pore structure, Mercury Intrusion Porosimetry (MIP) is a technique that can provide such information which has improved significantly in pressuring capacity and in operational convenience. By measuring the amount of mercury intruded into the pores of a solid sample, the porosiineters give valuable data from which cumulative volume and pore size distribution, porosity as well as pore surface area can be determined. In this work, five concrete mixtures are prepared with waterlcementitious material ratio 0.4 to investigate the effect of using different

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