Olisanwendu Ogwuda

I am interested in knowing if the water absorption (WA) calculated using saturated samples that have been oven-dried after three hours can be related to the WA calculated using samples that have been oven-dried after 24 hours?
I am getting WA values (for the 3-hour oven-dried samples) that are approximately 60-65% of the WA values for the 24-hour oven-dried samples. My enquiry is in relation to crushed building demolition rubble, but WA results from primary or other non-primary materials could be useful.

Thanking you in advance,

Olisanwendu Ogwuda
Lecturer

University of Abertay Dundee
School of Science & Engineering
Bell Street
Dundee DD1 1HG
Scotland, United Kingdom.

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12 July 2002