Title:
Concrete Q&A: Winter Protection of Hard-Troweled Slabs and Scaling
Author(s):
Publication:
Concrete International
Volume:
41
Issue:
3
Appears on pages(s):
63-64
Keywords:
DOI:
10.14359/51715613
Date:
3/1/2019
Abstract:
Q. Our interior hard-troweled slabs have scaled
(Fig. 1). Did this occur because deicing salts were
used to melt snow and ice on the slabs so that
construction trades could perform their work during the
winter months?
Related References:
1. ACI Committee 301, “Specifications for Structural Concrete (ACI 301-16),” American Concrete Institute, Farmington Hills, MI, 2016, 64 pp.
2. ACI Committee 302, “Guide to Concrete Floor and Slab Construction (ACI 302.1R-15),” American Concrete Institute, Farmington Hills, MI, 2015, 76 pp.
3. ACI Committee 201, “Guide to Durable Concrete (ACI 201.2R-16),” American Concrete Institute, Farmington Hills, MI, 2016, 82 pp.
4. Klieger, P., “Curing Requirements for Scale Resistance of Concrete,” RX 82, Portland Cement Association, Skokie, IL, 1957, 31 pp.
5. Sumsion, E.S., and Guthrie, W.S., “Physical and Chemical Effects of Deicers on Concrete Pavement: Literature Review,” Report No. UT-13.09, Utah Department of Transportation, Salt Lake City, UT, 2013,50 pp., www.udot.utah.gov/main/uconowner.gf?n=8081525197623431 (last accessed Feb. 12,2019).