Evidence of anomalous thermal expansion of water in cement paste

John J. Valenza, George W. Scherer

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Abstract

A comparative study of permeability measurement by thermopermeametry (TPA) and beam bending was performed on cement paste. To bring the two measurements into agreement, it is necessary to recognize that the pore solution has a thermal expansion coefficient about one and a half times that of bulk liquid and to account for viscoelastic stress relaxation during TPA experiments. The anomalous thermal expansion is not accounted for by the presence of ions in the cement paste pore solution.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)57-66
Number of pages10
JournalCement and Concrete Research
Volume35
Issue number1
DOIs
StatePublished - Jan 2005

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • Building and Construction
  • General Materials Science

Keywords

  • Characterization
  • Expansion
  • Permeability
  • Pore solution
  • Thermal analysis

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