scholarly journals Autogenous Shrinkage of Low Water-Binder Ratio Cement Pastes with Supplementary Cementitious Materials

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2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Y Lv ◽  
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H Huang ◽  
G Ye ◽  
G De Schutter ◽  
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2020 ◽  
Vol 2020 ◽  
pp. 1-10
Author(s):  
Shuncheng Xiang ◽  
Yingli Gao ◽  
Caijun Shi

Three polycarboxylates with different comb structures (i.e., the same degree of polymerization in side chains but different main chains) were synthesized via radical polymerization reaction at room temperature. The effect of polycarboxylates on the surface tension and the flowability in cement pastes was determined. The best product was selected to study its effects on the hydration heat evolution, compressive strength, autogenous shrinkage, and drying shrinkage of cement pastes with different kinds and contents of supplementary cementitious materials. The results showed that with the increase of molar ratio between AA and TPEG to 6 : 1, we could synthesis the best product. When the water-binder ratio was 0.4, with the increase of polycarboxylates, the cement hydration heat evolution had been slowed down, and the more the dosage was, the more obvious the effect was. Adding supplementary cementitious materials to cement under the same experimental conditions also played a mitigation role in slowing down the hydration heat. When the water-binder ratio was 0.3, supplementary cementitious materials could increase the strength of cement by 24.5% in maximum; its autogenous shrinkage and drying shrinkage could be decreased, respectively, by 60.1% and 21.9% in the lowest.


Author(s):  
Chinnu Mariam Ninan ◽  
K P Ramaswamy ◽  
R Sajeeb

Cementitious materials are highly susceptible to rapid and severe degradation by a wide range of acids that are found immensely in ground water, sewage systems, industrial effluents, acid rain etc. which may cause microstructure deterioration. The factors influencing acid attack is generally categorised as material related factors and test related factors. Material related factors can be either related to acid solution or concrete mixture composition. Composition of concrete mixture greatly impacts the acid resistance of concrete. Factors related to composition of concrete mixture are type of cement, type and proportion of binders, water binder ratio, aggregate binder ratio and mineralogical nature of the aggregates. Even though the type of cement influences acid attack, the magnitude of variation is negligible. Consumption of calcium hydroxide and refinement of pore structure makes the use of supplementary cementitious materials favourable for acid resistance. Decrease in water binder ratio and increase in aggregate binder ratio reduces the porosity of concrete and thereby improves the acid resistance of concrete. Calcareous aggregates are preferred for concretes exposed to acids having less soluble salts and not preferred for acids forming soluble salts. This paper highlights the influence of composition of concrete mixture on acid resistance of concrete. A proper formulation of concrete is expected to enhance its acid resistance.


2013 ◽  
Vol 539 ◽  
pp. 35-39 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yue Li ◽  
Qian Qian Yan

The influence of water to binder (W/B), types and dosage of supplementary cementitious materials (SCM) on the internal relative humidity (IRH) and autogenous shrinkage (AS) of cement pastes caused by self-desiccation were investigated, and their relationship was discussed. The results show that, W/B is a main factor that affects IRH change and AS of cement pastes with SCM. With the decrease of W/B, IRH of cement pastes decreases, but AS of cement pastes increases. Different types and dosages of SCM affect the IRH differently; fly ash (FA) reduces AS, silica fume (SF) increases AS, and the effect of GBFS on AS is between FA and GBFS. The linear correlation between the change of IRH and AS of cement pastes with SCM is established.


Author(s):  
Mara Monaliza Linhares Pereira ◽  
Ana Luiza Rocha de Souza ◽  
Valdirene Maria Silva Capuzzo ◽  
Rodrigo de Melo Lameiras

abstract: The microstructure of cement pastes is important to understand the effect of some parameters in the hydration process. In this context, this study had as objective to evaluate the effect of different water/binder (w/b) ratios in the hydration process of cementitious pastes produced with and without incorporation of silica fume and metakaolin. The pastes were obtained with water/binder ratios of 0.3, 0.4 e 0.5, with replacement, by weight, of Portland cement for silica fume and metakaolin, in the contents of 10% and 20%, respectively. It was performed the X-ray diffraction test of the pastes in the ages of 1, 3, 7, and 28 days, to evaluate the hydration evolution of the cementitious materials. According to the results obtained, it was observed that the cementitious pastes presented similar mineralogical phases, except for the pastes containing metakaolin due to the formation of new aluminate phases. With the increase of the water/binder ratio, the pozzolanic reactions and hydration occurred in greater proportion, standing out the metakaolin with greater reactivity.


2022 ◽  
Vol 1048 ◽  
pp. 311-320
Author(s):  
Tarun Gehlot ◽  
Suresh Singh Sankhla ◽  
Sangeeta Parihar

In this study conventional concrete of M40 grade developed with diverse water binder ratio and fixed optimum dosage of 30% mineral admixture fly ash and GGBS with weight of cement .Compression test has been conducted on cube samples and Rapid Chloride permeability test (RCPT) are conducted on cylindrical specimens to acknowledge durability parameter. Compression test results has been enhanced with replacement of supplementary cementitious materials and chloride ion permeability has been reduced with substitution of fly ash and GGBS .incremental of water binder ratio also reduce the permeability value however compression value increased


2021 ◽  
Vol 1036 ◽  
pp. 288-300
Author(s):  
Jun Peng Mei ◽  
Hai Nan Li ◽  
Zhi Dong Xu

In this paper, the brittleness coefficient, elastic modulus-to-strength ratio, drying shrinkage and autogenous shrinkage and cracking sensitivity were used to investigate the effect of styrene-acrylic emulsion (SAE) on crack resistance of cement-based materials under ultralow water binder ratio (0.22). Then the pore structures, hydration products and surface morphology were also studied to explore the mechanism of SAE on improving the crack resistance of cement-based materials. Results show that, the addition of SAE significantly reduces the elastic modulus, brittleness coefficient, elastic strength ratio, drying shrinkage and autogenous shrinkage of the specimen. The cracking susceptibility is also decreased by the incorporation of SAE and when the dosage of SAE was 5%, the initial cracking time would be extended by 43 hours. In addition, incorporation of SAE can reduce the amount of pores that have an adverse effect on shrinkage, refine the microstructure and decrease the calcium hydroxide formation and microcracks of cement-based materials. Such results would be expected to provide guidance on enhancing the anti-cracking ability of high-performance cementitious materials by the dosage of SAE under low water-binder ratio in practical engineering.


Materials ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (3) ◽  
pp. 475
Author(s):  
Ana María Moreno de los Reyes ◽  
José Antonio Suárez-Navarro ◽  
Maria del Mar Alonso ◽  
Catalina Gascó ◽  
Isabel Sobrados ◽  
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Supplementary cementitious materials (SCMs) in industrial waste and by-products are routinely used to mitigate the adverse environmental effects of, and lower the energy consumption associated with, ordinary Portland cement (OPC) manufacture. Many such SCMs, such as type F coal fly ash (FA), are naturally occurring radioactive materials (NORMs). 226Ra, 232Th and 40K radionuclide activity concentration, information needed to determine what is known as the gamma-ray activity concentration index (ACI), is normally collected from ground cement samples. The present study aims to validate a new method for calculating the ACI from measurements made on unground 5 cm cubic specimens. Mechanical, mineralogical and radiological characterisation of 28-day OPC + FA pastes (bearing up to 30 wt % FA) were characterised to determine their mechanical, mineralogical and radiological properties. The activity concentrations found for 226Ra, 212Pb, 232Th and 40K in hardened, intact 5 cm cubic specimens were also statistically equal to the theoretically calculated values and to the same materials when ground to a powder. These findings consequently validated the new method. The possibility of determining the activity concentrations needed to establish the ACI for cement-based materials on unground samples introduces a new field of radiological research on actual cement, mortar and concrete materials.


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