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    Segregation and bleeding are types of separation that can occur in concrete mixtures. Segregation involves the separation of constituent materials like coarse aggregates from the cement paste. Bleeding is a specific type of segregation where water rises to the surface due to differences in specific gravity. Factors that can lead to segregation and bleeding include transporting concrete long distances, improper mixing proportions, dropping concrete from heights, over-vibrating, and using high water-cement ratios. Minimizing these effects requires proper mix design, handling, placement, and compaction of concrete.

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    Concrete Mixture of Cement, Fine and Coarse Aggregates Specific Gravity of Cement 3.1-3.6g/cc

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    Segregation and bleeding are types of separation that can occur in concrete mixtures. Segregation involves the separation of constituent materials like coarse aggregates from the cement paste. Bleeding is a specific type of segregation where water rises to the surface due to differences in specific gravity. Factors that can lead to segregation and bleeding include transporting concrete long distances, improper mixing proportions, dropping concrete from heights, over-vibrating, and using high water-cement ratios. Minimizing these effects requires proper mix design, handling, placement, and compaction of concrete.

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    Segregation and bleeding are types of separation that can occur in concrete mixtures. Segregation involves the separation of constituent materials like coarse aggregates from the cement paste. Bleeding is a specific type of segregation where water rises to the surface due to differences in specific gravity. Factors that can lead to segregation and bleeding include transporting concrete long distances, improper mixing proportions, dropping concrete from heights, over-vibrating, and using high water-cement ratios. Minimizing these effects requires proper mix design, handling, placement, and compaction of concrete.

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    Concrete Mixture of Cement, Fine and Coarse Aggregates Specific Gravity of Cement 3.1-3.6g/cc

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    Segregation and bleeding are types of separation that can occur in concrete mixtures. Segregation involves the separation of constituent materials like coarse aggregates from the cement paste. Bleeding is a specific type of segregation where water rises to the surface due to differences in specific gravity. Factors that can lead to segregation and bleeding include transporting concrete long distances, improper mixing proportions, dropping concrete from heights, over-vibrating, and using high water-cement ratios. Minimizing these effects requires proper mix design, handling, placement, and compaction of concrete.

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    Segregation and Bleeding in Concrete | Causes, Effects, Remedies

    Segregation is the “Separation of constituent materials in concrete.” segregation is of three types:-


    1. Separation of Coarse aggregate from the concrete mixture,
    2. Separation of Cement pastes from the concrete during its plastic stage.
    3. Separation of water from the concrete mix (Bleeding in concrete)
    Concrete is a mixture of Cement, fine and coarse aggregates. A good concrete is one which all the constituents are
    properly categorized to form a homogeneous mixture. The primary cause of Segregation in concrete is the differences
    in specific gravities of the constituents, Specific gravity of Cement is in between 3.1-3.6g/cc, and for aggregate it lies
    between 2.6-2.7g/cc due to this differences, the aggregate separates from the matrix and causes segregation in
    concrete.
    Some other factors causing segregation in concrete:-
     Transporting concrete mixes for long distances.
     Poorly proportioned mix, where sufficient matrix
    is not there to bind the aggregates.
     Dropping concrete from more than 1m.
     Vibrating concrete for a long time.
    How to minimize segregation in concrete:-
    1. Segregation can be controlled by maintaining
    proper proportioning the mix.
    2. By peculiar handling, placing, transporting,
    compacting and finishing of concrete.
    3. Adding air entraining agents, admixtures and
    pozzolanic materials in the mix segregation
    controlled to some extent.
    Bleeding in concrete:-
    Bleeding is a form of segregation in which water
    present in the concrete mix is pushed upwards due to the settlement of cement and aggregate. The specific gravity of
    water is low, due to this water tends to move upwards. Bleeding ordinarily occurs in the wet mix of concrete.
    The Prime factor for bleeding in concrete is the high dosage of Water cement ratio. Higher water-cement ratio weakens
    concrete and leads to excessive bleeding. The bleeding in concrete is not harmful if the rate of evaporation of water
    is equal to the rate of bleeding. Normal bleeding is quite good, and it enhances the workability of concrete.
    When the concrete is fully plastic, bleeding may not cause much harm. However, concrete is still in the plastic stage
    later it is subsidized and compacted.
    How bleeding effects concrete stability:-
    1. As mentioned above, water move upwards in
    bleeding, sometimes with this water certain amount
    of cement moved along with water to the concrete
    surface. When the top surface is worked up with the
    trowel, the aggregate goes down and cement paste
    forms at the top surface this is called ‘Laitance in
    concrete.’ Due to the formation of Laitance,
    structures may lose its wearing capacity and
    decreases its life.
    2. Water while moving from bottom to the top, forms
    continuous channels. Due to this channels, concrete
    becomes permeable and allow water to move, which
    forms water voids in the matrix and reduces the
    bond between aggregate and the cement paste.
    3. Forming of water at the top surface of concrete
    results in delaying the surface finishing.
    4. Concrete becomes permeable and loses its homogeneity.
    5. Excessive bleeding breaks the bond between the reinforcement and concrete.

    How the bleeding in concrete is controlled:-


    1. Bleeding in concrete is controlled by Adding minimum water content in the concrete mix.
    2. Encouraging the use of air en-training admixtures in the mix.
    3. By adding more cement in the mix.

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