Comparison of water removal methods from cement paste at early age

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lenka Scheinherrová ◽  
Vojtěch Pommer ◽  
Eva Vejmelková ◽  
Robert Černý
Keyword(s):  
Materials ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (13) ◽  
pp. 3515
Author(s):  
Weikang Wang ◽  
Xuanchun Wei ◽  
Xinhua Cai ◽  
Hongyang Deng ◽  
Bokang Li

: The early-age carbonation curing technique is an effective way to improve the performance of cement-based materials and reduce their carbon footprint. This work investigates the early mechanical properties and microstructure of calcium sulfoaluminate (CSA) cement specimens under early-age carbonation curing, considering five factors: briquetting pressure, water–binder (w/b) ratio, starting point of carbonation curing, carbonation curing time, and carbonation curing pressure. The carbonization process and performance enhancement mechanism of CSA cement are analyzed by mercury intrusion porosimetry (MIP), thermogravimetry and derivative thermogravimetry (TG-DTG) analysis, X-ray diffraction (XRD), and scanning electron microscope (SEM). The results show that early-age carbonation curing can accelerate the hardening speed of CSA cement paste, reduce the cumulative porosity of the cement paste, refine the pore diameter distribution, and make the pore diameter distribution more uniform, thus greatly improving the early compressive strength of the paste. The most favorable w/b ratio for the carbonization reaction of CSA cement paste is between 0.15 and 0.2; the most suitable carbonation curing starting time point is 4 h after initial hydration; the carbonation curing pressure should be between 3 and 4 bar; and the most appropriate time for carbonation curing is between 6 and 12 h.


2021 ◽  
Vol 285 ◽  
pp. 122949
Author(s):  
Da-heng Wang ◽  
Xiao Yao ◽  
Tao Yang ◽  
Wen-rui Xiang ◽  
Ying-tao Feng ◽  
...  

2012 ◽  
Vol 29 ◽  
pp. 496-503 ◽  
Author(s):  
Paméla F. Faure ◽  
Sabine Caré ◽  
Julie Magat ◽  
Thierry Chaussadent
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2019 ◽  
Vol 116 ◽  
pp. 191-201 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mateusz Wyrzykowski ◽  
Karen Scrivener ◽  
Pietro Lura

2014 ◽  
Vol 584-586 ◽  
pp. 894-898
Author(s):  
Ping Zhang ◽  
Guan Guo Liu ◽  
Chao Ming Pang ◽  
Bing Du ◽  
Hong Gen Qin

The X ray computed tomography (X-CT) was applied to test the cracking resistance of cement paste, and the hydration process was monitored to study the effect of fly ash on the early age cracking performance. The results showed that the hydration heat reduced with the increase of fly ash under the same water-cement ratio. Within 24h, the porosity increased with time. The addition of fly ash increased the proportion of large holes and then changed the internal stress state. Using X-CT test method and by comparing the number of cracks, the sample with 20% FA was found to have the most serious cracks, whereas the sample with 30% FA had the best crack resistance.


2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jiayin Tao ◽  
Rita Maria Ghantous ◽  
Ming Jin ◽  
Jason Weiss

2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (6) ◽  
pp. 168781401985194 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jianping Zhu ◽  
Genshen Li ◽  
Ruijie Xia ◽  
Huanhuan Hou ◽  
Haibin Yin ◽  
...  

Nanomaterial, as a new emerging material in the field of civil engineering, has been widely utilized to enhance the mechanical properties of cementitious material. Nano-SnO2 has presented high hardness characteristics, but there is little study of the application of nano-SnO2 in the cementitious materials. This study mainly investigated the hydration characteristics and strength development of Portland cement paste incorporating nano-SnO2 powders with 0%, 0.08%, and 0.20% dosage. It was found that the early-age compressive strength of cement paste could be greatly improved when nano-SnO2 was incorporated with 0.08% dosage. The hydration process and microstructure were then measured by hydraulic test machine, calorimeter, nanoindentation, X-ray diffraction, scanning electron microscope, and mercury intrusion porosimetry. It was found that the cement hydration process was promoted by the addition of nano-SnO2, and the total amount of heat released from cement hydration is also increased. In addition, the addition of nano-SnO2 can promote the generations of high density C-S-H and reduce the generations of low density C-S-H indicating the nucleation effect of nano-SnO2 in the crystal growth process. The porosity and probable pore diameter of cement paste with 0.08% nano-SnO2 were decreased, and the scanning electron microscopic results also show that the cement paste with 0.08% nano-SnO2 promotes the densification of cement microstructure, which are consistent with the strength performance.


Materials ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 12 (10) ◽  
pp. 1617 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hyeonseok Jee ◽  
Jaeyeon Park ◽  
Erfan Zalnezhad ◽  
Keunhong Jeong ◽  
Seung Min Woo ◽  
...  

In recent years, nano-reinforcing technologies for cementitious materials have attracted considerable interest as a viable solution for compensating the poor cracking resistance of these materials. In this study, for the first time, titanium nanotubes (TNTs) were incorporated in cement pastes and their effect on the mechanical properties, microstructure, and early-age hydration kinetics was investigated. Experimental results showed that both compressive (~12%) and flexural strength (~23%) were enhanced with the addition of 0.5 wt.% of TNTs relative to plain cement paste at 28 days of curing. Moreover, it was found that, while TNTs accelerated the hydration kinetics of the pure cement clinker phase (C3S) in the early age of the reaction (within 24 h), there was no significant effect from adding TNTs on the hydration of ordinary Portland cement. TNTs appeared to compress the microstructure by filling the cement paste pore of sizes ranging from 10 to 100 nm. Furthermore, it could be clearly observed that the TNTs bridged the microcracks of cement paste. These results suggested that TNTs could be a great potential candidate since nano-reinforcing agents complement the shortcomings of cementitious materials.


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