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<strong>Concrete</strong> <strong>and</strong> The <strong>Environment</strong><br />

Improved concrete (1)<br />

• A better control of <strong>the</strong> bleeding tendency in concrete mixtures<br />

will be sought through proper aggregate grading, <strong>and</strong> <strong>the</strong> use<br />

of water-reducing <strong>and</strong> mineral admixtures (e.g., fly ash or<br />

finely ground natural pozzolans or slags).<br />

P.K. Mehta <strong>and</strong> P.J.M. Monteiro, <strong>Concrete</strong>: Microstructure, Properties, <strong>and</strong> Materials

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