SEDL / STP / STP169-EB / STP39431S

Resistance to Weathering—Freezing and Thawing

Powers, TC
Manager, Portland Cement Assn., Chicago, Ill.

Pages: 6    Published: Jan 1956

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Abstract

Rate of weathering of concrete in areas outside the tropics and subtropics is in many cases affected by freezing. Effects of freezing may be anything from negligible to catastrophic, depending on various factors. Consequently, there are freezing-and-thawing tests for concrete.