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Segregation

The tendency for the coarse particles to separate from the finer particles caused by excessive handling or vibration. In concrete, the coarse aggregate and drier material remains behind and the mortar and wetter material flows ahead. This also occurs in a vertical direction when wet concrete is over vibrated or dropped vertically into the forms, the mortar and wetter material rising to the top.

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