Table 3.
Mass variability of AC11S via soaking in water and brine.
| Specimen Index | Mass | Mass Change | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dry Specimen | Water Soaked | Brine Soaked | Water Soaked | Brine Soaked | |||||
| Initial State | 2 Days | 21 Days | 2 Days | 21 Days | 2 Days | 21 Days | 2 Days | 21 Days | |
| (g) | (g) | (g) | (g) | (g) | (g) | (g) | (g) | (g) | |
| 1 | 3000.1 | 3006.1 | 3010.1 | 6.0 | 10.0 | ||||
| 2 | 2886.2 | 2892.3 | 2896.1 | 6.1 | 9.9 | ||||
| 3 | 2954.4 | 2960.5 | 2964.6 | 6.1 | 10.2 | ||||
| 4 | 2926.7 | 2934.9 | 2938.5 | 8.2 | 11.8 | ||||
| 5 | 2963.0 | 2974.3 | 2981.2 | 11.3 | 18.2 | ||||
| 6 | 2855.8 | 2864.6 | 2871.1 | 8.8 | 15.3 | ||||
| 7 | 2944.2 | 2953.2 | 2960.5 | 9.0 | 16.3 | ||||
| 8 | 2879.3 | 2889.1 | 2896.1 | 9.8 | 16.8 | ||||
| 9 | 2997.4 | 3007.7 | 3013.8 | 10.3 | 16.4 | ||||
| Average | 2934.1 | 2948.5 | 2952.3 | 2937.8 | 2944.5 | 6.60 | 10.48 | 9.84 | 16.60 |
| Standard deviation | 48.5 | 41.2 | 41.4 | 53.3 | 53.2 | 0.9 | 0.8 | 0.9 | 0.9 |
| The coefficient of variation (%) | 1.65% | 1.40% | 1.40% | 1.81% | 1.81% | 14.01% | 7.38% | 9.24% | 5.66% |