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SUBMITTER: Lefever G
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7013588 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jan
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Lefever Gerlinde G Snoeck Didier D Aggelis Dimitrios G DG De Belie Nele N Van Vlierberghe Sandra S Van Hemelrijck Danny D
Materials (Basel, Switzerland) 20200114 2
Addition of superabsorbent polymers (SAPs) to cementitious mixtures promotes the self-healing ability of the material. When cracking occurs; SAPs present inside the crack will swell upon contact with water and subsequently release this water to stimulate the further hydration of unhydrated cement particles and the calcium carbonate crystallization. However; the inclusion of SAPs affects the mechanical performance of the cementitious material by the creation of macro-pores as water is retracted f ...[more]