The effect of cement type on long-term transport properties of self-compacting concretes

•SCC may not be obtained with some of the cements of high pozzolan content.•CEM II/B-M showed the best performance with respect to permeability properties except RCPT.•The pore solution chemistry is more important for RCPT than permeability properties.

In this study, four types of pozzolanic cements—CEM II/A-P, CEM II/B-M, CEM II/B-P and CEM IV/B-M, together with CEM I, were used to produce self-compacting concretes. However, it was not possible to obtain self-compacting properties with CEM II/B-P and CEM IV/B-M. The fresh concrete properties and the hardened concrete properties—sorptivity, water penetration under pressure, carbonation and rapid chloride penetration—were determined on the concretes stored in air for 3 years. Drying shrinkage was monitored for up to 4 months, and compressive strengths were measured at the age of 28 days after a standard water curing.