Surface Dry Condition
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Dry Friction
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Drying Shrinkage
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2024
When hardened concrete is exposed to air with a relative humidity of less than 100 percent, it begins to lose the free water within its capillaries. As this water evaporates, the water initially adsorbed onto the calcium silicate hydrates migrates towards these now empty spaces and eventually evaporates as well. Over time, as more water leaves, the volume of the concrete decreases, a phenomenon known as drying shrinkage. A portion of this drying shrinkage can be reversed; if the concrete is...
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Formulations for Freeze-drying of Bacteria and Their Influence on Cell Survival
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Freeze-drying is often an easy and convenient way to obtain dry products of viable bacterial cells. An issue of the process is cell survival. We detail here a procedure to investigate how cell survival during freeze-drying is influenced by the properties of the formulation used.
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Impacts of Free-falling Spheres on a Deep Liquid Pool with Altered Fluid and Impactor Surface Conditions
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Comparing Objective Conjunctival Hyperemia Grading and the Ocular Surface Disease Index Score in Dry Eye Syndrome During COVID-19
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2022
The present protocol describes the cross-sectional research performed on 40 healthy subjects between the ages of 20 and 45 to assess the prevalence of dry eye syndrome (DES) during COVID-19. The OSDI survey evaluated DES, and the advanced ophthalmic systems (AOS) software was used to assess limbal redness.
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At this moisture state, aggregate pores are filled internally, so the particles should neither significantly release additional water into the mixture nor remove water from the cement paste. This balance helps preserve the water available for mixing and hydration-related processes, supporting more predictable concrete behavior than an aggregate condition with excess surface moisture or insufficient internal moisture.
A visible exterior film represents moisture beyond the aggregate’s internal pore capacity and can contribute additional water to the concrete mixture. Excluding that film makes the aggregate’s intended volume easier to account for without unintentionally increasing the mixture water content. This supports more consistent proportioning and helps control resulting workability and strength.
The condition depends on a balance between water retained in internal pores and moisture removed from the exterior. Continued absorption can leave the aggregate drawing water from cement paste, while insufficient removal of excess moisture can leave a surface film that adds water to the mixture. Either imbalance changes the effective water condition used for proportioning.
The exterior should show no visible water film, while the aggregate is understood to have reached internal saturation. This observation distinguishes the desired state from one containing excess external moisture, although appearance alone does not describe every internal moisture detail. Correct identification is important because the selected condition affects water accounting and mixture consistency.
Engineers use this moisture condition as a reference for accounting for aggregate volume and water contribution. Because the aggregate is not expected to significantly add water or draw it from the cement paste, proportioning can better preserve the intended mixture balance. That balance supports more reliable workability, strength development, and consistency between batches.
If aggregate moisture differs substantially from the intended condition, the concrete may receive more water than planned or lose water to absorption. Such changes can disturb workability and make strength and consistency less predictable. Recognizing Surface Dry Condition therefore helps construction teams maintain the moisture assumptions used in concrete design and batching.