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porewater

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porewater (countable and uncountable, plural porewaters)

(geology) The water that fills the pores between the grains of sediment etc.

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The soluble dissociated silicic acid reacts in the porewater with the calcium hydroxide ( portlandite ) present in the cement paste to form an expansive calcium silicate hydrate (CSH). Source: Internet

The high pH prevailing in the cement porewater (12.5 < pH < 13.5) limits the mobility of many heavy metals by decreasing their solubility and increasing their sorption onto the cement mineral phases. Source: Internet

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