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    Way to enhanced the durability of cncrete by using bio-influence material
    (AIKTC, 2017-05) Honnutagi, Abdul Razak; Chaudhary, Shakeel (14DCE70); Momin, Faeque (14DCE71); Shaikh, Mohd. Sohail (14DCE79); Siddiqui, Mohd. Altaf (14DCE81)
    As water is becoming a scarce material day-by-day, there is an urgent need to do research work pertaining to saving of water in making concrete and in constructions. Curing of concrete is maintaining satisfactory moisture content in concrete during its early stages in order to develop the desired properties. However, good curing is not always practical in many cases. Curing of concrete plays a major role in developing the concrete microstructure and pore structure and hence improves its durability and performance. Keeping importance to this, an attempt has been made to develop internal-curing concrete by using Sapindus mukurossi. In this experimental investigation, the strength characteristics of normal cement mortar cast with the self-curing agent Sapindus mukurossi have been studied and compared with the corresponding conventionally cured concrete. Is method of mix design was adopted, for the normal strength internal curing of cement mortar of 1:3. Cement mortar is design on trial and error basis. For producing internalcuring concrete trial dosage of 2%, 2.5%, 3%, 3.5%, 4% and 5% of Sapindus mukurossi by weight of water was used and tested. It was observed that after implementation of this technique the water consumption for curing was reduced upto some extent.