Measurement

Issue 9/2019

Effects of oleochemical hydrophobing agents on plasters – results of a long-term field study

Even though the high efficacy of oleochemical additives as hydrophobing agents for mineral-based building materials has been proven by numerous laboratory tests there is a lack of measurements under...

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Issue 6/2018 GCP APPLIED TECHNOLOGIES

Pre-hydration of cement: global survey and laboratory results

Cement pre-hydration degrades the performance of concrete, particularly strength and set times. Testing performed on 181 cements showed that more than one quarter had suffered enough pre-hydration to...

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