Physical and Mechanical Properties of Cementitious Specimens Exposed to an Electrochemically Derived Accelerated Leaching of Calcium

International Journal of Concrete Structures and Materials

Table 3 Mass changes due to leaching for concrete specimens of size Ø100 × 50 mm.

	REF (g)	Aged (g)	Mass depletion	V depletion^a	Porosity change^b	Leached portlandite (g)^c	Porosity change^d
W/C = 0.48	927	881	46.00	20.81	5.3	44.4	5.12
W/C = 0.62	907	878	29.00	31.12	3.3	29.6	3.41

^aCalculated assuming that total mass change is attributed to Portlandite depletion (V depletion = mass change/Portlandite density).
^bCalculated according to V depletion and considering the dimension of the specimens, Ø100 × 50 mm (Porosity Change = Vdepletion/total volume of specimen).
^cLeached Portlandite is according to measured leached calcium content in catholyte solution.
^dCalculated according to total leached Portlandite and considering the dimension of the specimens (Ø100 × 50 mm).