Characterization of eco-substituted cement containing waste ground calcined clay brick

2017 ◽  
Vol 44 (11) ◽  
pp. 956-961 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ghania Nigri ◽  
Yacine Cherait ◽  
Soraya Nigri

This paper discusses the potentialities of using waste bricks as a partial replacement of clinker in blended cement. The blended cements are produced by grinding and mixing clinker, waste brick and gypsum. Eight mixtures containing 0 to 35% of bricks as a clinker replacement are prepared and characterized. Partially replacing clinker by brick results in early strength, but are lower than that of the reference. However, at 90 days, the strengths are greater than that reference. The setting times and the shrinkages were reduced. Blended cement has been formulated with optimal composition of 10% of waste brick. The microstructure of the paste was studied using scanning electron microscopy and the evolution of cement hydration was studied by Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy. It was concluded that the binder with 10% of brick shows a dense and homogeneous particles distribution. The pozzolanic reaction occurs through the decreases of the amorphous silica during hydration.

2018 ◽  
Vol 765 ◽  
pp. 324-328
Author(s):  
Tiago Assunção Santos ◽  
José da Silva Andrade Neto ◽  
Vitor Souza Santos ◽  
Daniel Véras Ribeiro

Due to the concern with the environmental impacts caused by the gases emitted by the cement industry and by the inadequate disposal of wastes generated in the sugar-alcohol industry, such as sugarcane bagasse ash (SCBA), a search for the development of new technologies, which are less aggressive to the environment and that propose feasible alternatives, began in order to reuse these wastes properly. Among these alternatives is the reuse of SCBA as partial replacement to cement or as addition to cementitious matrices. In this way, the present research has the objective of analyzing the influence of SCBA obtained by the calcination of sugarcane bagasse (SCB), at 600°C, in the process of Portland cement hydration. Initially, the SCBA was characterized physically, chemically and mineralogically, and then cement pastes with 20% and 35% substitution contents were elaborated, besides the reference paste, which were analyzed through X-ray diffraction (XRD) and thermogravimetric (TG) techniques. The results obtained show that there is a consumption of portlandite as a consequence of the use of SCBA, evidencing the pozolanicity of these ashes. In the pastes with 35% substitution content, there was an intense consumption of the portlandite, indicating, in this proportion, the pozzolanic reaction was more intense.


1984 ◽  
Vol 42 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bryan K. Marsh ◽  
Robert L. Day

AbstractPartial replacement of cement by fly-ash allows the production of concretes with high strength and low permeability. The correct analysis and prediction of engineering behaviour requires a knowledge of the development of pore-structure of these materials. However, a study of the relationships between engineering and microstructural characteristics has revealed problems in the accurate assessment of pore-structure.Porosities of plain and blended pastes were analysed by both helium pycnometry and mercury porosimetry. Pastes showing pozzolanic reaction gave values of helium porosity whidh were different from the mercury porosity (measured on the same sample); pastes showing no pozzolanic reaction gave equal values for mercury and helium porosity. Also, significant differences in porosity and pore-size distribution were found for identical specimens when prepared by different techniques, namely direct oven-drying and solventreplacement; these differences occurred whether there was pozzolanic reaction or not.It is suggested that as well as experimental difficulties, there may be fundamental differences in the way pore-structure develops in plain and blended cement pastes.


2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (12) ◽  
pp. 5009-5026 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pawel Sikora ◽  
Didier Lootens ◽  
Maxime Liard ◽  
Dietmar Stephan

AbstractThis study investigates the effects of seawater and nanosilica (3% by weight of cement), on the fresh and hardened properties of cement pastes and mortars produced with two types of low heat cements: Portland pozzolana cement (CEM II) and blast furnace cement (CEM III). The heat of hydration, initial and final setting times, rheological properties, strength development, sorptivity and water accessible porosity of the cement pastes and mortars were determined. The data reveal that cement type has a significant effect on the reaction rate of cement with seawater and nanosilica (NS). Specimens produced with slag-blended cement exhibited a higher cement reaction rate and the composite produced exhibited better mechanical performance, as a result of the additional reaction of alumina rich phases in slag, with seawater. Replacement of freshwater with seawater contributes mostly to a significant improvement of early strength. However, in the case of slag-blended cement, 28 day strength also improved. The incorporation of NS results in additional acceleration of hydration processes, as well as to a decrease in cement setting time. In contrast, the addition of NS results in a noticeable increment in the yield-stress of pastes, with this effect being pronounced when NS is mixed along with seawater. Moreover, the use of seawater and NS has a beneficial effect on microstructure refinement, thus improving the transport properties of cement mortars. Overall, the study has showed that both seawater and NS can be successfully used to accelerate the hydration process of low heat blended cements and to improve the mechanical and transport properties of cement-based composites.


Materials ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (7) ◽  
pp. 1609
Author(s):  
Rohollah Rostami ◽  
Agnieszka J. Klemm ◽  
Fernando C. R. Almeida

Supplementary cementitious materials (SCMs), such as fly ash (FA) and ground granulated blast-furnace slag (GGBS), are often used as a partial replacement of cements to improve the sustainability of Portland cement-based materials and reduce their environmental impact. Superabsorbent polymers (SAPs) can be successfully used as internal curing agents in ultra-high performance cementitious materials by facilitating the hydration process and controlling the water supply in both fresh and hardened states. This paper intends to characterise the physical and chemical properties of SAPs and their sorption properties in different blended cement environments. The swelling capacity and kinetics of absorption of three superabsorbent polymers with different chemical compositions and grading were tested in different cement environments. Experimental results of their sorption performance in distinct solutions, including deionised water (DI), Portland cement (PC), and blended cements (PC-FA and PC-GGBS) and changes in pH of different solutions over time were investigated. The results showed that PC-FA solution had the lowest pH followed by PC-GGBS solution. Moreover, SAPs samples displayed the highest absorption capacities in PC-FA solutions, and the lowest swelling capacities were found in PC-GGBS solutions. Furthermore, SAP with smaller particle sizes had the greatest absorption capacity values in all solutions.


2019 ◽  
Vol 213 ◽  
pp. 209-215 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jiahu Shao ◽  
Jianming Gao ◽  
Yasong Zhao ◽  
Xuemei Chen

2009 ◽  
Vol 24 (7) ◽  
pp. 2435-2448 ◽  
Author(s):  
Walairat Bumrongjaroen ◽  
Richard A. Livingston ◽  
Dan A. Neumann ◽  
Andrew J. Allen

Partial replacement of hydrating Portland cement by fly ash produces competing effects: it contributes calcium hydrate silicate (C-S-H) gel through the pozzolanic and alkali-activated reactions but dilutes the contribution of the main Portland cement reaction. To investigate this, two neutron-scattering methods were applied to density-fractionated lignite-type and bituminous-type fly ash/Portland cement pastes (20% by mass replacement). Small-angle neutron scattering (SANS) measured the effect of the fly ash on the fractal C-S-H microstructure, whereas inelastic neutron scattering (INS) measured the pozzolanic reaction in terms of calcium hydroxide (CH) consumption. The CH consumption increased with the effective density fraction, and the fractal microstructure evolved more slowly for all fly ash mixes compared with the pure cement control. However, gel volume measured by SANS showed no correlation with the CH consumption measured by INS. The implications of these results are discussed.


1989 ◽  
Vol 179 ◽  
Author(s):  
D. M. Roy ◽  
M. R. Silsbee ◽  
D. Wolfe-Confer

AbstractThe advantage of utilizing blended cements for many applications has been well documented. However, the use of these materials has been limited by the longer setting times associated with the use of these materials. This report discusses the development of formulations employing alkali activation to shorten the setting times. The results of characterization of these materials using calorimetry, microscopic, x-ray diffraction, and mechanical property techniques are discussed.


Materials ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 11 (11) ◽  
pp. 2187 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joon Seo ◽  
Issam Amr ◽  
Sol Park ◽  
Rami Bamagain ◽  
Bandar Fadhel ◽  
...  

Accelerated carbonation curing (ACC) as well as partial replacement of cement with natural minerals are examples of many previous approaches, which aimed to produce cementitious products with better properties and environmental amicabilities. In this regard, the present study investigates CO2 uptake of carbonation-cured cement blended with ground Saudi Arabian volcanic ash (VA). Paste samples with cement replacement of 20%, 30%, 40%, and 50% by mass were prepared and carbonation-cured after initial curing of 24 h. A compressive strength test, X-ray diffractometry (XRD), and thermogravimetry were performed. Although pozzolanic reaction of VA hardly occurred, unlike other pozzolana in blended cement, the results revealed that incorporation of VA as a supplementary cementitious material significantly enhanced the compressive strength and diffusion of CO2 in the matrix. This increased the CO2 uptake capacity of cement, reducing the net CO2 emission upon carbonation curing.


2016 ◽  
Vol 9 (4) ◽  
pp. 617-629 ◽  
Author(s):  
E. CÂMARA ◽  
R. C. A. PINTO ◽  
J. C. ROCHA

Abstract This paper presents an experimental study of the effect of partially replace of fine aggregate by sugarcane bagasse ash (CBA) in mortar mixtures in cement reactivity at early ages. The setting times and the initial development of the ultrasonic velocity for mortars produced at various water/cement ratios were evaluated. The objective of this study was to characterize the effects of the partial replacement of fine aggregate by sugarcane bagasse ash in the initial process of cement hydration. Therefore, the CBA used in this study went through different beneficiation processes, by grinding, reburning and sieving, with the objective of improve its features. The results suggest the viability of CBA use to accelerate cement hydration at early ages, with also an observed higher compressive strength.


2017 ◽  
Vol 68 (10) ◽  
pp. 2367-2372 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ng Hooi Jun ◽  
Mirabela Georgiana Minciuna ◽  
Mohd Mustafa Al Bakri Abdullah ◽  
Tan Soo Jin ◽  
Andrei Victor Sandu ◽  
...  

Manufacturing of Portland cement consists of high volume of natural aggregates which depleted rapidly in today construction field. New substitutable material such as bottom ash replace and target for comparable properties with hydraulic or pozzolanic properties as Portland cement. This study investigates the replacement of different sizes of bottom ash into Portland cement by reducing the content of Portland cement and examined the mechanism between bottom ash (BA) and Portland cement. A cement composite developed by 10% replacement with 1, 7, 14, and 28 days of curing and exhibited excellent mechanical strength on day 28 (34.23 MPa) with 63 mm BA. The porous structure of BA results in lower density as the fineness particles size contains high specific surface area and consume high quantity of water. The morphology, mineralogical, and ternary phase analysis showed that pozzolanic reaction of bottom ash does not alter but complements and integrates the cement hydration process which facilitate effectively the potential of bottom ash to act as construction material.


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