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    The document summarizes an experiment conducted to determine the water absorption of concrete blocks. Five concrete block samples were dried in an oven then submerged in water for 24 hours. The water absorption percentage was calculated based on the weight of each dry sample and its saturated weight after removal from water. The results found that one sample had a water absorption of 4.04%, within the Iraqi standard specification of less than 10% for Type-A hollow concrete blocks. The document concludes that the tested concrete blocks met the requirements for Type-A blocks according to water absorption properties.

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    The document summarizes an experiment conducted to determine the water absorption of concrete blocks. Five concrete block samples were dried in an oven then submerged in water for 24 hours. The water absorption percentage was calculated based on the weight of each dry sample and its saturated weight after removal from water. The results found that one sample had a water absorption of 4.04%, within the Iraqi standard specification of less than 10% for Type-A hollow concrete blocks. The document concludes that the tested concrete blocks met the requirements for Type-A blocks according to water absorption properties.

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    The document summarizes an experiment conducted to determine the water absorption of concrete blocks. Five concrete block samples were dried in an oven then submerged in water for 24 hours. The water absorption percentage was calculated based on the weight of each dry sample and its saturated weight after removal from water. The results found that one sample had a water absorption of 4.04%, within the Iraqi standard specification of less than 10% for Type-A hollow concrete blocks. The document concludes that the tested concrete blocks met the requirements for Type-A blocks according to water absorption properties.

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    UNIVERSITY OF DUHOK

    COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING
    CIVIL DEOARTMENT- MATERIALS TECHNOLOGY

    (Water absorption of concrete block)

    BY
    “Abdalbary Ahmed Abdalkareem”
    GROUP NO.: 1

    SUPERVISOR
    “YOUKHANNA ZAYIA DINKHA”

    EXPERIMNET NO.: 2
    EXPERIMENT DATE: 7,8-10/4/2019

    “April 14, 2019”


    1-Introduction:

    The water absorption, being the average of three units, when determined
    shall not be more than 10 percent by mass , put it in oven and make it
    dry, determine the weight and then put it in water and then and after a
    sometime determine it again, the different between the weight will use in
    water absorption, and this will let to know about the Quality of Block.

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    2- purpose:

    To determine water absorption of concrete blocks.

    3- material:

    Block

    Water

    4- Equipment :

    1. Electrical oven.
    2. Balance.
    3. Thermometer.
    4. Container for water.

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    5-Sketches: Electrical
    oven

    Screen
    shows
    Temperature

    Peace of
    Block

    Figure 1 : Electrical oven

    water

    Container
    for water
    .Figure 2: Container (Basin) for water

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    Peace of
    block

    6-Procedures:.
    Figure 3: peace of tested block (in group C1)

    1. Select 5 pieces of concrete blocks.


    2. Dry the test specimens in a ventilated oven at (100 to 115°C) for not
    less than 24 h and until two successive weightings at intervals of 2 h
    show an increment of loss not greater than 0.2 % of the last previously
    determined weight of the specimen.
    3. Cool the specimens in a drying room maintained at a temperature of
    (24 ± 8°C), with a relative humidity between 30 and 70 % and weigh
    each one.
    4. Immerse the specimens in water at a temperature of 15ºC to 26ºC for
    24 hours.
    5. Remove the specimen, wipe off the surface water with a damp cloth

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    and weigh the specimen. Complete weighing of each specimen within 5
    min after removing the specimen from the bath.

    7- Calculation and Results:

    (Wd) = Weight of the dry specimen.


    (Ws) = Weight of the saturated specimen after submersion in cold water
    for 24hr.

    w s−w d
    𝐴𝑏𝑠𝑜𝑝𝑟𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛(%) = [ ] × 100
    wd

    Wd = 900 gm Ws = 1030gm

    1030−990
    𝐴𝑏𝑠𝑜𝑝𝑟𝑡(%) = [ ] × 100 = 4.04
    990

    𝐴𝑏𝑠𝑜𝑝𝑟𝑡(%) = 4.04

    Table 1: Data of test in group (C).


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    No. Wd (gm) Ws (gm) Water Absorption (%)

    1 990 1030 4.04

    2 2155 2280 5.8

    3 3185 3340 4.86

    4 960 1010 5.21

    5 625 675 8

    8-Discussion and Conclusions:

    Discussion:

    In this test we ( group C1 ) get 4.04 and that’s absolutely what we want
    and conform with the Iraqi standard specification (ISS) of (Type-A) , the
    only problem was the temperature of the laboratory that didn't match
    with a requests but it was a big problem and not effected too much on the
    test , and the all test in group (C) was conform with (ISS) (Type-A) (Less
    than 15).

    Table 2: Iraqi standard specification (ISS) for water absorption.

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    Type class Water Absorption not more than (%)

    Hollow A 10

    B 15

    Solid A 15

    b 20

    Conclusion:

    The Block was from (Type-A) in water absorption property and we can
    use it easily In terms of this feature without any problem.

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