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The compressive strengths from the concrete cylinders are the main focus of this report although air and proctor tests were also conducted. The tests conducted in the LAOP conform with the standards approved by the American Society of Testing M ....

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... that when conducting a program similar to this one that the initial set times and the 24 hour compressive strengths be eliminated as their result reflect to no certain extent how the concrete will stand up over a 28 day period. Abstract Although Lafarge uses similar processes to manufacture cements at all of its locations across Ontario, the cements at these different locations may perform differently when they chemically react with an admixture due to the nature of the semetitious material at that plant. When testing an admixture across many different cements it becomes more evident that admixtures do not react the same with ceme ...