Effects of curing temperature and NaOH addition on hydration and strength development of clinker-free CKD-fly ash binders

2004 ◽  
Vol 34 (2) ◽  
pp. 299-309 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kejin Wang ◽  
Surendra P Shah ◽  
Alexander Mishulovich
Author(s):  
W. Micah Hale ◽  
Thomas D. Bush ◽  
Bruce W. Russell ◽  
Seamus F. Freyne

Often, concrete is not mixed or placed under ideal conditions. Particularly in the winter or the summer months, the temperature of fresh concrete is quite different from that of concrete mixed under laboratory conditions. This paper examines the influence of supplementary cementitious materials on the strength development (and other hardened properties) of concrete subjected to different curing regimens. The supplementary cementitious materials used in the research program were ground granulated blast furnace slag (GGBFS), fly ash, and a combination of both materials. The three curing regimens used were hot weather curing, standard curing, and cold weather curing. Under the conditions tested, the results show that the addition of GGBFS at a relatively low replacement rate can improve the hardened properties for each curing regimen. This improvement was noticeable not only at later ages but also at early ages. Mixtures that contained both materials (GGBFS and fly ash) performed as well as and, in most cases, better than mixtures that contained only portland cement in all curing regimens.


2017 ◽  
Vol 2017 ◽  
pp. 1-11 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ki-Bong Park ◽  
Takafumi Noguchi

The aim of this work is to know clearly the effects of temperature in response to curing condition, hydration heat, and outside weather conditions on the strength development of high-performance concrete. The concrete walls were designed using three different sizes and three different types of concrete. The experiments were conducted under typical summer and winter weather conditions. Temperature histories at different locations in the walls were recorded and the strength developments of concrete at those locations were measured. The main factors investigated that influence the strength developments of the obtained samples were the bound water contents, the hydration products, and the pore structure. Testing results indicated that the elevated summer temperatures did not affect the early-age strength gain of concrete made using ordinary Portland cement. Strength development was significantly increased at early ages in concrete made using belite-rich Portland cement or with the addition of fly ash. The elevated temperatures resulted in a long-term strength loss in both belite-rich and fly ash containing concrete. The long-term strength loss was caused by a reduction in the degree of hydration and an increase in the total porosity and amount of smaller pores in the material.


2014 ◽  
Vol 567 ◽  
pp. 417-421 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andri Kusbiantoro ◽  
Norbaizurah Rahman ◽  
Noor Fifinatasha Shahedan

Performance of geopolymer based specimens is significantly affected by internal and external aspects. Curing temperature and air humidity are among the prominent external factors that contribute to the alteration of geopolymer properties. Nevertheless, internal component of geopolymer binder also carries essential effect to the hardened geopolymer binder produced. In this research, the study was concentrated on the elemental composition of source material components and their interrelation to the performance of geopolymer binder produced. Different types of fly ash were used as the source material in this research. Low calcium (class-F) fly ash was combined with high calcium (class-C) fly ash to determine the elemental composition effect, particularly SiO2, Al2O3, and CaO to the geopolymer properties. Analysis using SYSTAT statistical software indicated the importance of oxide composition of source material to the geopolymer specimens produced. Initial setting time of geopolymer paste was also possibly important to the compressive strength of geopolymer specimens produced. Nevertheless, final setting time indicated less importance to the compressive strength development of geopolymer binder.


2016 ◽  
Vol 841 ◽  
pp. 193-199 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mohd Mustafa Al Bakri Abdullah ◽  
Muhammad Faheem Mohd Tahir ◽  
Kamarudin Hussin ◽  
Mohammed Binhussain ◽  
Januarti Jaya Ekaputri

With the advancement of technology and the economic crisis in Malaysia, has been promoting the development of infrastructure in the use of new structural materials but overall is unsatisfactory in terms of cost savings. One of the alternatives that can be used is to use fly ash as a cement replacement in manufacturing mortar. Replacement of cement with geopolymerization mortar can reduce manufacturing costs and could reduce global warming arising from the production of cement for the production of Portland cement for the release of CO2 into the atmosphere, where CO2 gas gives the largest contribution to global warming . The study will be focused on the effect of microwave curing with various durations and temperature to the mechanical and physical properties of fly ash based geopolymer mortar. For the conventional heating technique, heat is distributed in the specimen from the exterior to the interior leading to the non-uniform and long heating period to attain the required temperature. Application of microwave to the fresh concrete results in removal of water, collapse of capillary pore and densification of sample. Heat curing has been applied to construction materials especially for the precast concrete to improve the strength development process. This concrete attains sufficient strength in short curing time, so the molds can be reused, and the final products can be rapidly delivered to the site. The effect of curing temperature together with their aging days of the cured product will also be investigated. Mechanical properties of the product will be tested using compressive test, and density of the samples.


2010 ◽  
Vol 168-170 ◽  
pp. 582-588
Author(s):  
Feng Chen Zhang ◽  
De Jian Shen ◽  
Ji Kai Zhou ◽  
Zhong Hua Li

Cement hydration at early age is sometimes in a certain thermal environment probably caused by hydration heat of mass concrete as well as cement productions curing at high temperature. And phases composition and strength development in thermal environment are commonly different from those in normal curing conditions. Phases composition and strength development of concrete containing different fly ash content curing in different thermal environment are studied in this paper. Experimental results show that compressive strengths of concrete with 0.3 water to binder ratio increase with the increase of curing temperature. Splitting tensile strength of concrete not containing any fly ash curing at about 50 is the highest among those curing at temperature between 40 and 80 . For concrete with different fly ash content, splitting tensile strengths increase approximately with the increse of curing temperature. Dehydration of ettringite and formation of monosulfate solid solution and AFm at higher temperature perhaps relate to the development of concrete splitting tensile strength along with different curing temperature. Adding fly ash to binder, curing temperature at which hydration phases change occurs is raised, which helps to explain that splitting tensile strengths of concrete with different fly ash content decrease little with the increase of curing temperature between 60 and 80 .


Minerals ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 60
Author(s):  
Supphatuch Ukritnukun ◽  
Pramod Koshy ◽  
Clayton Feng ◽  
Aditya Rawal ◽  
Arnaud Castel ◽  
...  

The present work analyses the effects of curing temperature (25°, 40°, 60 °C for 24 h), silicate modulus Ms value (1.5, 1.7, 2.0), and slag content (10, 20, 30, 40 wt%) on the compressive strength development (1, 7, 14, 28 days) of low-alkali geopolymer mortars with matrices from fly ash and blast furnace slag. These data were used to generate predictive models for 28-day compressive strength as a function of curing temperature and slag content. While the dominant variable for the 1-day compressive strength was the curing temperature, the slag content was dominant for the 28-day compressive strength. The ratio of the 1-day and 28-day compressive strengths as a function of curing temperature, Ms value, and slag content allows prediction of the maximal possible curing temperature and shows cold-weather casting to present an obstacle to setting. These data also allow prediction of the 28-day compressive strength using only the 1-day compressive strength.


2018 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 35-40 ◽  
Author(s):  
Masoud Zabihi-Samani ◽  
Seyed Payam Mokhtari ◽  
Farzaneh Raji

Abstract Cement is a common and widespread building material over the world. Similarly, carbon dioxide emissions have been significantly increased due to cement production. Alternative low-carbon binders rather than cement have been progressively sought in recent years. Fly ash was found as an available option, since it is being largely disposed annually as a waste material. In this research several studies have been reviewed and recent applications of fly ash on concrete specification, including strength and fracture toughness of green concrete have been perused. Furthermore, transport properties of high volume fly ash after exposure to high temperature and influence of curing temperature on strength development of fly ash-recycled concrete aggregate blends have been investigated. The investigated test results showed that the properties of composites incorporating fly ash depend on the age of the concrete. Test results also revealed that transport properties of concrete increased notably after exposure to 400cº and the results achieved on fly ash-recycled concrete aggregate led to the conclusion that 15% FA is the optimum blend for road stabilization applications.


2016 ◽  
Vol 711 ◽  
pp. 118-125
Author(s):  
Tine Aarre ◽  
Martin Kaasgaard

With the aim to test the applicability of the commonly used maturity concept introduced by Freiesleben et al [1] to modern concrete and to investigate the impact of the curing history on the compressive strength of laboratory samples cured at elevated temperatures, four concretes with different binder compositions (a pure CEM I 42.5N, CEM I 42.5N with fly ash, CEM I 52.5N with fly ash and a CEM III/B) were cured and tested at temperatures ranging from 5 to 60 °C.To test the maturity concept, the development of the compressive strength of samples cured at temperatures ranging from 5 to 60 °C were tested at maturities ranging from 1 to 28 days.To test the impact of curing history at elevated temperatures on the compressive strength, concrete samples were cured at 60°C using two different temperature scenarios: (1) at a constant temperature of 60 °C and (2) at gradually increasing temperature from the casting temperature to the maximum temperature of 60 °C.It was found that the commonly used maturity concept is still applicable to modern concrete although the activation energy is dependent on the binder composition. Concerning the impact of curing history it was found that at 28 days of maturity, the strength of concrete cured at constant temperature of 60 °C was significantly lower than that of concrete cured at 20 °C. For the concrete exposed to gradually increasing temperature up to 60 °C, only a slight decrease in strength was observed for the pure cement concretes while the strength of the binder systems with fly ash increased.


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