Abstract

Citric acid is an organic acid naturally present in fruits, one of the ingredients that can be used as a retarder in a concrete mixture. As retarder serves to slow the timing of concrete hardening. In the implication the use of this material affects the time of hardening and compressive strength, therefore need a better control to get the optimal value. The test sample used was 36 with variation of addition of citric acid 0%, 0.15%, 0.3%, 0.45% for the weight of cement. The results obtained the greater the addition of citric acid the longer the hardening of concrete and the greater workability of concrete. The maximum value of compressive strength of concrete is in the addition of 0.15% citric acid with an increase in compressive strength of 82.2% of the nominal concrete.

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Title
Effect of citric acid on setting-time and compressive strength of concrete
Author
Purnomo, J 1 ; Sumarni, S 2 ; Saputro, I N 2 

 Department of Civil Engineerng Education, Faculty of Teacher Training and Education, Sebelas Maret University 
 Department of Civil Engineerng Education, Faculty of Teacher Training and Education, Sebelas Maret University Sebelas Maret University, Jl. Ir. Sutami 36A Surakarta 57126 Indonesia 
Publication year
2019
Publication date
Sep 2019
Publisher
IOP Publishing
ISSN
17578981
e-ISSN
1757899X
Source type
Scholarly Journal
Language of publication
English
ProQuest document ID
2561154947
Copyright
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