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<doi>/ISEC.res.2017.91</doi>
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<article-title>THE STUDY ON THE PROPERTIES OF Ca<br/>
CONCRETE UNDER NATURAL ENVIRONMENT
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<author>ATSUSHI SHIMABUKURO</author>

<aff>Dept of Civil Engineering and Architecture, National Institute of Technology,<br/>
Tokuyama College, Shunan, Japan</aff>

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<title>ABSTRACT</title>
<p>The Ca-based solidification material has neutrality so that it would be expected to be
new material to reduce environmental load instead of cement in the construction
field. The concrete using this material, which is Ca concrete, is useful for
construction material from past research. In previous researches, we showed that the
compressive strength of Ca concrete and the compressive strength of AE concrete,
which contains the entrained air, had nearly equal strength under same mixture
condition, and the behavior under compression loading of Ca concrete showed a
tendency similar to cement concrete. Also, the compressive strength of Ca concrete
obtained the stable strength when it had the curing for four weeks. Therefore, Ca
concrete would be used in the same way as cement concrete for construction field.
This study investigates to consider further properties of Ca concrete. Particularly, it
is paid attention to the water absorbability, water retentivity, and the compressive
strength under natural environment. As a result, it is clear that the Ca concrete has
the higher water absorbability and the water retentivity as compared with cement
concrete and the compressive strength of Ca concrete under natural exposure does
not decrease even if the length of natural exposure passes for 104 weeks. Hence, the
Ca concrete would apply to construction material under natural environment as one
of the measures against urban heat island phenomenon.</p>
<p><italic>Keywords: </italic>Exposure test, Weight ratio, Water absorbability, Water retentivity,
Compressive strength.</p>
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