What Is Concrete Curing?

Описание: Concrete use a chemical actuation process to transform from a liquid to
a solid and this process takes approximately 30 days to complete and reach the finished strength. Over this time the concrete is said to be curing. You might also refer to the concrete as being green during this time, which implies that the concrete has not reached its finished strength yet. Most of the curing happens over the initial first three days whereby after this the rate of curing slows down until the concrete has reaching the final strength at
the 30 day point.
When concrete is curing it is important to provide the concrete with water which will help to strengthen the concrete and avoid premature drying out and shrinking. Since concrete shrinks as it cures it is important to allow sufficient time for the concrete to gain strength from curing before allowing it to dry out completely and expose the concrete to structural forces that could cause it to crack. This process is called wet curing or moist curing.

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