BibTeX:

@article{IJIRSTV2I10070,
     title={Self Compacting Concrete with Super Absorbent Polymers as Internal curing agent},
     author={R.GOPI, Ananthakumar. R, Barani. B, Vasanthakumar. V and Vinodhshankar. T},
     journal={International Journal for Innovative Research in Science & Technology},
     volume={2},
     number={10},
     pages={152--156},
     year={},
     url={http://www.ijirst.org/articles/IJIRSTV2I10070.pdf},
     publisher={IJIRST (International Journal for Innovative Research in Science & Technology)},
}

As water is becoming a meager material day-by-day, there is an urgent need to investigate in saving of water for making concrete and curing. Curing of concrete is maintaining satisfactory moisture content in concrete during its early stages in order to develop the desired strength and durability properties. The concept of self-compacting and internal curing is to eliminate the compaction for concrete also maintaining sufficient moisture content in concrete for curing purpose. So, an attempt has been made to develop self-compacting self-curing concrete (SCSCC) by using Super Absorbent Polymers (SAP) as self-curing also called internal curing agents. The effect of variation in strength parameters such as Compressive strength, Splitting tensile strength, modulus of rupture and Modulus of elasticity were studied for different dosage of self-curing agent (0%, 0.1%, 0.3%, 0.5%, 0.7% weight of cement) and from the experimental investigation it is manifest that addition of 0.3% SAP was achieved desirable properties.

Internal curing, Super Absorbent Polymers, SCC, Strength