Research from major concrete authorities, including American Concrete Institute, Portland Cement Association, and National Ready Mix Concrete Association; confirm that most concrete damage is attributable to surface moisture intrusion.
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Surface moisture from soil and rivers doesn't add much, he said, although vast acreages of summer crops can provide a modest boost across the Corn Belt of Iowa and Illinois.
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-the airflows created help to evaporate surface moisture and its airflows keep the particles suspended in air ( allowing for air to flow over the complete surface area of the material)
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Plethodon " salamanders feed on invertebrate prey more likely to be found at the surface, but require moist conditions for cutaneous respiration, causing them to retreat underground when surface moisture is lacking.
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As they tunnel through the top few centimetres of soil they push the ground up in little ridges, increasing evaporation of surface moisture, disturbing germinating seeds and damaging the delicate young roots of seedlings.
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When they are active, " Orthalicus reses reses " often follow a random twisting path that covers the entire bark surface, but they will move in a straight line if the surface moisture is abundant.
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Surface moisture due to condensation, typically occurring in such regions as floor-wall connections and window installations, as well as mold growth in humid environments can also be effectively prevented by means of multi-dimensional evaluation during planning and detail design.
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Once plants had evolved this level of controlled water transport, they were truly homoiohydric, able to extract water from their environment through root-like organs rather than relying on a film of surface moisture, enabling them to grow to much greater size.
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Commercial storage of potatoes involves several phases : drying of surface moisture; a wound healing phase at 85 % to 95 % relative humidity and temperatures below; a staged cooling phase; a holding phase; and a reconditioning phase, during which the tubers are slowly warmed.
