Effect of Curing Methods on Efficiency of Curing of Cement Mortar

Advancements in construction and chemical industry have paved a way for development of new curing techniques Significant amount of research has been conducted to evaluate curing effectiveness and its effect on various concrete properties. This paper synthesizes findings from the literature review and experimental investigation carried out as per ASTM standards to evaluate the compressive strength of mortar cubes at 28 days, effect on strength with the application of different curing compounds and methods of structural grade mortar mixes with cement: sand ratio 1:2.75 and varying water/binder ratio between 0.45to 0.60, using field sand, ASTM graded sand and OPC, finally comparing the results of compressive strength of different curing mechanisms an effort has been made here, to understand the efficiency of curing methods adopted and are compared with conventional water curing. Results indicate that, using Membrane curing compounds, an efficiency of 80-90% can be achieved as compared to Conventional water Curing.