Air-entraining concrete admixtures are a critical component for ensuring the durability of outdoor concrete infrastructure across Canada. When water freezes, it expands by roughly 9% in volume, generating high internal hydraulic pressures within the concrete's capillary pores. If these pressures exceed the tensile strength of the concrete matrix, the paste cracks and scales away at the surface....
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