That would be concrete much different than I've ever worked with.
OT 3rd degree burns
Jul 10, 2007
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Nobody said they had to be hot. The man said "wet cement".
"Cathy F." ..
"Cathy F."
EdV wrote:
Um, I think he's alluding to your misspelling of both those words, honey.
Diner rather than dinner and desert rather than dessert.
I could be wrong, though...
Natalie, word nerd
Hence why I assumed a chemical burn. Sigh... going around in circles...
Cathy
You can cook an egg quickly on hot cement, that is, cement with calcium added to hot set the cement.
'bout time you showed up somewhere...
I posted plenty of times recently. Maybe your server didn't pick them up?
Natalie
Yeah, I know. I spelled them incorrectly on purpose - carrying through with the "super/supper" word joke Hachi posted!
Yeah, but not in the way you thought! ;-)
Cathy
"Cathy F." ...
Guess I missed the context. That can be everything, no?
:-)
Natalie
Yep.
Cathy
Concrete is different to cement. Concrete is a mix of cement, aggregate and water. True cement just gets water added to it. the aggregate in concrete soaks up most of the heat generates be the cement.
I have had it before as well. Wet cement is very alkaline which is just as bad as acidic. I can tell you it's worse if they are batching with calcium chloride due to cold weather to speed things up. That really burns. I found a link with some information.
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That certainly explains m_d's BIL's problem.
Cathy
It is a chemical burn from the chemicals in the wet cement. Tomes
Dinner make a difference. You got your just desserts.
GAH!
Tak, is that you?!
Natalie
Only if I dropped a few dozen I.Q. points.
The cement gives off Sodium, calcium and potassium hydroxides as it sets.
I joked with him over the phone that it was a good thing for him he wasn't sitting on the cement.
It was a chemical burn. My first thought was he was using muratic acid but later I heard he was simply kneeling on wet cement as he was working with the cement.
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