From the course: Construction Management: Concrete Construction
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Water: How much is too much
From the course: Construction Management: Concrete Construction
Water: How much is too much
- [Instructor] By now, you have these basic ingredients in concrete down: fine aggregates, coarse aggregates, cement, and water. And we've looked at the value of replacing some of those cements with pozzolans. And we've discussed some of the things you can do with chemical admixtures to alter the properties of the concrete. But now let's go ahead and take a look at that water. So first things first, we do need to make sure that we're using the correct water, and this is usually pretty easy. We generally just need to make sure we're using potable water or water that's safe to drink. And this is really just to make sure that the water doesn't contain any biological ingredients that are gonna damage our concrete. Now this does mean that if we're gonna do something like draw water from a source like a lake, then we might need to filter that water before we use it to make concrete. Or at least get it tested by somebody who's knowledgeable to make sure that that water doesn't contain…
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