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Nondestructive Measurement of the Water Content in Building Materials by Single-Sided NMR-MOUSE

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  • Quzhen Zhaxi

    (Cultural Relics Conservation Institute of Tibet Autonomous Region, Lhasa 850001, China)

  • Hua Zhou

    (College of Applied Arts and Science, Beijing Union University, Beijing 100191, China)

  • Zhenyu Long

    (Department of Civil Engineering, School of Engineering and Technology, China University of Geosciences (Beijing), Beijing 100083, China)

  • Juwen Guo

    (China Academy of Cultural Heritage, Beijing 100029, China)

  • Yanping Zhou

    (Ji’an Cultural Relics Bureau, Tonghua 134299, China)

  • Zhongjian Zhang

    (Department of Civil Engineering, School of Engineering and Technology, China University of Geosciences (Beijing), Beijing 100083, China)

Abstract

Water has a significant impact on the properties of building materials. A nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectrometer can be used to detect water in materials and measure its distribution nondestructively, rapidly, and accurately. In this paper, a novel method is introduced for using single-sided NMR to measure the water content (WC) of building materials, including brick, sandstone, mortar, and concrete. The NMR signal intensity and water content of these building materials were measured using a single-sided NMR-MOUSE PM25 and a high-precision electronic scale, respectively. A total of 80 groups of NMR signal intensity and water content data were obtained in two different measurement environments. The NMR signal intensity and water content data for each of the four building materials were fitted by the least squares method. The similarity of the coefficients of the determined correlations demonstrated that these relations are universal for building materials and independent of the NMR signal intensity and water content measurement environments.

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  • Quzhen Zhaxi & Hua Zhou & Zhenyu Long & Juwen Guo & Yanping Zhou & Zhongjian Zhang, 2023. "Nondestructive Measurement of the Water Content in Building Materials by Single-Sided NMR-MOUSE," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 15(14), pages 1-13, July.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jsusta:v:15:y:2023:i:14:p:11096-:d:1195227
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