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Drying and hydration of cement based self-leveling flooring compounds

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Summary, in English

Water in building materials not only influences important physical properties and chemical processes but is also related to the well-being of the occupants of a building. The drying of cementitious materials is complex, involving several different drying processes. The conditions for each drying process change as the material changes its properties as it goes from a particle suspension in the fresh state to a fine porous material in the hardened state. The present article describes and quantifies the drying processes of cement-based self-leveling flooring compounds (SLCs) and relates them to the extent of reaction, which here is quantified by isothermal calorimetry. The relative importance of the different drying processes is discussed and a model for the drying of the SLCs is proposed.

Publishing year

2007

Language

English

Pages

1995-2003

Publication/Series

Drying Technology

Volume

vol 25

Issue

no 12

Document type

Journal article

Publisher

TAPPI

Topic

  • Materials Engineering

Keywords

  • Flooring compound
  • Isothermal calorimetry
  • Moisture
  • Surface evaporation
  • Sorption
  • Cement
  • Drying

Status

Published

ISBN/ISSN/Other

  • ISSN: 1532-2300