Adiabatic Concrete Calorimeter

Adiabatic Concrete Calorimeter

Description of Adiabatic Concrete Calorimeter

DIDAC Export offer an optimum quality of Adiabatic Concrete Calorimeter. The offered product is manufactured and designed using the finest quality components with the help of contemporary technology. The offered product is delivered to our buyers only after its proper checking on different such as dimensional accuracy, performance, finish, etc. When concrete is curing and hardening, the hydration reaction of cement develops a large amount of heat with an increase in temperature. The temperature rise accelerates hardening of cement however, if it is not properly dissipated, it can cause the arise of tensile stresses inside the concrete structure with the consequent appearance of cracks and reduction of mechanical properties. This effect is encountered particularly in massive concrete castings, due to the limited heat dispersion, leading the behaviour closer to adiabatic conditions. The isothermal and semi-adiabatic testing methods are consequently less representative and most commonly used for mortars and cement pastes, basically to compare the behaviour of different types of cements.

Features of Adiabatic Concrete Calorimeter

• Real time measurement of heat of hydration of 150mm concrete cube during hardening
• Reliable evaluation of the heating process inside massive concrete castings
• Calorimeter cell with minimized heat loss from the concrete sample for true adiabatic conditions
• Evaluation of the heat of hydration taking into consideration the temperature reached by the concrete