H. CañolaGersson F.B. SandovalF. Granda-RamírezAndres Fernando Urrego2026-03-222026-03-22202110.4322/conpat2021.409https://doi.org/10.4322/conpat2021.409https://andeanlibrary.org/handle/123456789/70962Variations of Capillary Absorption Coefficients (CAC) and Resistance of Water Penetration (RWP) in Compressed Earth Cylinders (CEC) and Mortar Cylinders (CC) added with cold asphalt emulsions were studied. The CC mixtures were added with emulsion percentages between 10% and 40% respect to the weight of the cement and for the CEC mixtures between 25% and 100% respect to the weight of the water was used. Increases of 10241% were achieved for RWP of the CEC and 4593% for the CC; Furthermore, the use of the emulsion allowed a reduction of the CAC of 91.4% for the CEC and 97.5% for the CC, proving to be an efficient modification.esAbsorption of waterMortarMaterials scienceChemistryComposite materialarticle