Techniques and materials for internal water curing of concrete

This paper gives an overview of different techniques for incorporation of internal curing water in concrete. Internal water curing can be used to mitigate self-desiccation and self-desiccation shrinkage. Some concretes may need 50 kg/m(3) of internal curing water for this purpose. The price of the internal curing water is in the approximate range 0.1-1 EURO/kg.