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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Jan 9.
Published in final edited form as: Concr Int. 2016 Nov;38(11):37–44.

Table 3.

Properties of fresh mortar including temperature, unit weight and air content (ASTM C185), and flow (ASTM C1437, only at 73 °F/23 °C).

MIX ID OPC LS_20 LS_30 LS_40 CaCl2_1 CaCl2_2 CaCl2_3 Hybrid LS2_05 LS2_13
Temperature °F (°C) (Room/Chamber) 71.6/52.9 (22.0/11.6) 77.7/50.9 (25.4/10.5) 72.5 (22.5) 75.6/52.5 (24.2/11.4) 75.0/52.3 (23.9/11.3) 69.3/52.9 (20.7/11.6) 76.6 (24.8) 76.1/51.3 (24.5/10.7) 73.4 (23.0) 73.8/50.4 (23.2/10.2)
Specific gravity (Room/Cold) 2.22/2.22 2.27/2.28 2.28 2.26/2.26 2.23/2.21 2.23/2.18 2.21 2.27/2.26 2.22 2.24/2.23
Air content (%)(Room/Cold) 4.2/4.0 2.3/1.8 2.1 3.1/3.0 3.3/4.2 3.2/5.4 4.2 2.0/2.6 3.9 3.2/3.8
Mortar flow (%) 135 118 108 106 131 136 105 123 126 118