Capping of concrete cylinders using cement mortar: comparative study.

• Main Authors: Calderon, Jose Raul, Correa, Patrick, Magsalin, Juan Carlo
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Animo Repository 2001
• Subjects: Concrete > Testing.; Civil Engineering
• Online Access: https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/etd_bachelors/10214
• Institution: De La Salle University

Capping concrete specimen has been done with melted sulfur compound. But since sulfur is known to be environmentally harazdous, other non-hazardous materials for capping such as mortar mix is proposed. Mortar capping was developed to test and study whether it can perform at least as good as sulfur a...