Property

Drying shrinkage
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Definition

Linear shrinkage after drying

Description

Influences cracking risk

Example

4

Technical definition

Data type

Float

Unit

Percent (%)

Quantity Kind

Prevalence

Usage

Property groups (1)

References

Reference documents (2)

  • ASTM C596 Drying Shrinkage of Mortar v1.0
  • EN 12617-4 Products and systems for the protection and repair of concrete structures - Test methods - Part 4 : determination of shrinkage and expansion v1.0

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