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Durability Of Lightweight Concrete For Bridge Decks, Andrew Mccullough Wagner

Masters Theses

As concrete durability becomes a higher priority for departments of transportation’s acceptability of concrete for bridge decks, consideration of resistance to the penetration of chloride ions has become a key consideration in defining durability. For years the “Rapid Chloride Ion Penetration (RCP) test has been the accepted standard to measure penetrability of concrete to chloride ions. With the movement to use chloride ion penetrability as a part of acceptance criteria for a concrete mix, use of the newer and easier Surface Resistivity (SR) test as an alternative to the slower, more complicated “Rapid Chloride Ion” test became a desirable option. …