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arockiaraj
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Initial Setting Time of Concrete

07/26/2012 11:47 PM

Dear collegues,

im doing the temperatue control concrete for the grade of M30 & M35 with PPC cement and im using super plasticizer admixture (naptha based). i got the temperature of concrete at the time of 30mins is 24 C. whether this concrete will withstand to take the initial setting is 4hrs?

im using free water in this concrete 160ltr and percentage of ice is 60. i have checked the concrete setting in cubes at more than 3hrs. is it fulfill the initial setting time of 4hrs min?
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07/26/2012 11:49 PM

Let us know, after 4 hours.
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07/28/2012 12:44 PM

You need to conduct laboratory tests of the concrete samples to answer your question.........it's as simple as that!

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