THE EFFECT OF ADDITION NANOPARTICLES ON SHRINKAGE PROPERTY OF ORDINARY PORTLAND CEMENT

2021 ◽  
Vol 25 (Special) ◽  
pp. 2-78-2-82
Author(s):  
Haider K. Ahmed ◽  
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Mohammed A. Abdulrehman ◽  

Two types of nanomaterial: Tio2 nanoparticles (NPs) and carbon black NPs have used in this research to study their effect on compressive strength, shrinkage and flow table tests Cement mortar. The mixing ratio was 1:2.7:0.485 (cement, sand, water/cement ratio) for compressive strength test and 1:2 (cement, sand) with the water/cement ratio was a variable value for dry shrinkage test. The two nanoparticles’ ratios are (0.25%, 0.75%, 1.25 % and 1.75%) by weight of the Portland cement. The test results show that the highest value of compressive strength was obtained when using Tio2 at 1.25% wt. of cement. But when using carbon black nanoparticles, the greatest value was obtained when adding it with a ratio of 1.75 % wt. of cement. Using two NPs when added to cement mortar has a negative effect on the shrinkage value.

2014 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 75-82
Author(s):  
Elivs M. Mbadike ◽  
N.N Osadebe

In this research work, the effect of mound soil on concrete produced with river sand was investigated. A mixed proportion of 1.1.8:3.7 with water cement ratio of 0.47 were used. The percentage replacement of river sand with mound soil is 0%, 5%, 10%, 20%, 30% and 40%. Concrete cubes of 150mm x 150mm x150mm of river sand/mound soil were cast and cured at 3, 7, 28, 60 and 90 days respectively. At the end of each hydration period, the three cubes for each hydration period were crushed and their average compressive strength recorded. A total of ninety (90) concrete cubes were cast. The result of the compressive strength test for 5- 40% replacement of river sand with mound soil ranges from 24.00 -42.58N/mm2 a against 23.29-36.08N/mm2 for the control test (0% replacement).The workability of concrete produced with 5- 40% replacement of river sand with mound soil ranges from 47- 62mm as against 70mm for the control test.


2013 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 50-61
Author(s):  
Amer M. Ibrahem ◽  
Shakir A. Al-Mishhadani ◽  
Zeinab H.Naji

This investigation aimed to study the effect of nano metakaolin ( NMK ) on some properties (compressive strength ,splitting tensile strength & water absorption ) of concrete. The nano metakaolin (NMK) was prepared by thermal activation of kaolin clay for 2 hours at 750 Ċ. The cement used in this investigation consists of ordinary Portland cement (OPC). The OPC was partially substituted by NMK of ( 3, 5 & 10%) by weight of cement. The C45 concrete was prepared , using water/cement ratio ( W/c) of (0.53) .The Water absorption was tested at 28 days while the tests (compressive strength ,splitting tensile strength) were tested at ages of (7, 28, 60,& 90) days . The compressive strength and splitting tensile strength of concrete with NMK were higher than that of reference concrete with the same W/c ratio.The improvement in the compressive strength when using NMK was (42.2, 55.8 , 63.1% ) at age 28 days for ( 3%, 5%, &10% ) replacement of NMK respectively whereas the improvement in the splitting tensile strength was (0% , 36% & 46.8 %) at age of 28 days when using (3%, 5%, &10% ) NMK respectively. The improvement in the water absorption was (16.6%, 21.79%, &25.6 ) when using (3, 5, &10% )NMK.


2020 ◽  
Vol 2020 ◽  
pp. 1-12
Author(s):  
Son Bui Truong ◽  
Nu Nguyen Thi ◽  
Duong Nguyen Thanh

Soft soil is widely distributed in Vietnam, especially in the coastal area. In engineering practice, soft soil cannot be used to build any construction and needs to be improved or treated before building construction. In addition, Vietnam has many pig-iron or thermal power plants, which annually produce a huge amount of granulated blast furnace slag (GBFS). Thus, the use of this material for soft soil improvement needs to be considered. This paper presents experimental results on the unconfined compressive strength (UCS) of three Vietnam’s soft soils treated with Portland cement and Portland cement with ground granulated blast furnace slag (GGBFS). Binder dosage used in this study is 250, 300, and 350 kg/m3 with the three different water/cement ratios of 0.8, 0.9, and 1.0, respectively. The research results showed that the UCS of soil-cement mixtures depends on soil type, water/cement ratio, cement type, and binder content. Accordingly, the unconfined compressive strength increased with the increase of binder contents, the decrease of the natural water content of soft soil, water/cement ratios, and clay content. The highest value of UCS of treated soils was found for the soil at Site II with the Portland cement content, cement GGBFS, and water/cement ratio of 873 kg/m3, 2355 kg/m3, and 0.8, respectively. Besides, for all the three soils and two binder types, the water/cement ratio of 0.8 was found to be suitable to reach the highest UCS values of treated soil. The research results also showed that the UCS of treated soil with cement GGBFS was higher than that of treated soil with Portland cement. This indicated the effectiveness of the use of Portland cement with GGBFS in soft soil improvement. There is great potential for reducing the environmental problems regarding the waste materials from pig-iron plants in Vietnam and the construction cost as well.


1985 ◽  
Vol 65 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. H. Mills

ABSTRACTCombinations of two types of commercially available Fly Ash (FA) and Portland cement (PC) were tested for compressive strength and permeance to gas flow. The cementitious components were combined in the concrete mixture in proportions PC/FA = 100/0, 75/25, 60/40 and 45/55 for a range of water/cement ratio, and equal workability. Strength and maturity efficiency factors were satisfactory for 75/25 and 60/40 blends. Gas tightness was improved at all levels of Fly Ash substitution.


Author(s):  
L. S. Gwarah ◽  
B. M. Akatah ◽  
I. Onungwe ◽  
P. P. Akpan

The investigation of sawdust ash (SDA) as a partial replacement for cement in concrete was studied owing to the high cost and increasing demand for cement in a harsh economy and considering the presence of limited construction materials and waste to wealth policy. Ordinary Portland Cement (OPC) was replaced by 0%, 5%, 10%, 15%, 20%, 25% and 30% of SDA. Slump test and consistency test (flow table apparatus test) were conducted on the freshly mixed concrete sample, and compressive strength test was conducted on the hardened concrete cubes of 150mm2, which was cured between 7, 14, 21 and 28 days. The results revealed that the slump decreases as the SDA content increases in percentage, while the consistency of the freshly mixed concrete remarkably moves from high, medium to low as the SDA content increases. The compressive strength of the hardened concrete undergone a decrease in strength, as the partial replacement of OPC with SDA increases. By the results interpretation, it is observed that 5% to 10% SDA when replaced with OPC can still result in the desired strength of concrete.


2020 ◽  
Vol 845 ◽  
pp. 73-78
Author(s):  
Yeng Fong Shih ◽  
Wei Cheng Hou ◽  
Venkata Krishna Kotharangannagari

In order to solve environmental problems and reduce the cost of building materials, this study used waste diatomite from brewing industry to develop novel cement mortar and compared it with pristine one. After pretreatment with water, soaking, drying, it is shown in the microscope that the treated diatomite has recovered its porosity. The thermogravimetric analysis also showed that the purity of treated diatomite was greater than 93%, confirming that most of the originally adsorbed organic matter was removed. Further, the diatomite after the treatment was used to prepare a novel cement mortar, and it was found that the optimum compressive strength was obtained when the water-cement ratio was 0.65 and the amount of diatomite added was 20%. It was found that the average compressive strength after 28 days was 284.03 kg/cm2, which was 81.22 kg/cm2 higher than that of the pristine cement mortar. It is proved that the addition of diatomite can increase the strength of the cement mortar and effectively reuse the waste diatomite.


2013 ◽  
Vol 361-363 ◽  
pp. 1532-1535 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yan Cong Zhang ◽  
Ling Ling Gao

A number of rubber cement dosage specimens that rubber powder dosage different were obtained using same cement, water and fine aggregates, by adjusting the dosage of rubber powder. Then it was used to research the influence of rubber powder dosage on performance of cement mortar by measuring its liquidity, strength and toughness. The results show that: when water-cement ratio was equal and rubber powder replacing the same volume sand, the fluidity of cement mortar almost linear increased with rubber powder dosage increasing. With dosage of rubber powder increasing, compressive strength and flexural strength reduced, but toughness linear growth trend when dosage of rubber powder less 30%.


2012 ◽  
Vol 517 ◽  
pp. 338-341
Author(s):  
Ulisses Targino Bezerra ◽  
Normando Perazzo Barbosa

Papers presented at ICPIC 2010, Madeira Island, Portugal, dealing with the use of polymers in cementitious materials, show the need to combine different admixtures to optimize the properties of cement. This work is a continuation of a paper presented at NOCMAT 2010, Cairo-Egypt, about the incorporation of several materials in Portland cement to increase mechanical properties and workability. The best performance admixtures were chosen and they were combined considering the superposition of effects. Cement pastes were prepared with chalcedony and sulfonate (to increase compressive strength) and sugar (to increase workability). Two percent of cement was replaced by the admixtures. The water/cement ratio was constant and equal to 0.44. Results show that the combination of 0.05% of sugar and 1.95% of sulfonate and 0.10% of sugar and 1.90% of chalcedony produced a paste with the greatest compressive strength and good workability. Compression strength was respectively 27.4 MPa and 36.6 MPa, which represent increases of 33.5% and 78.6%, respectively, relative to the reference paste without admixtures. While increasing the paste compression strength with sulfonate has been significant, the results of the paste with chalcedony were the more surprising because the water/cement ratio of pastes was kept constant. The chalcedony is a type of crystalline silica, which shows deformation in their structure. So because of crystalline structure of chalcedony, there should be, probably, no significant reactivity of it with the cement hydrates, just the fact that its structure be deformed can explain this reactivity. The most important conclusion concerns is that the combinations of admixtures can improve a lot the properties of Portland cement paste.


Author(s):  
Letícia Andreolli Dias ◽  
Fernanda Boll Birck ◽  
Lucas Kaefer ◽  
Daiana Cristina Metz Arnold ◽  
Alexandre Silva de Vargas

ABSTRACT: The present study evaluated the use of red ceramic residues (RCR) as pigments in matrices based on White Portland cement. Five mortars were prepared for the present study: control mortar (M0), at 1:2,3 ratio (cement: sand) and water/cement ratio of 0.60, other four mortars were prepared containing RCR in 10% (M10), 20% (M20), 50% (M50), 100% (M100) of volume in replace to the sand. Colorimetric tests indicated a significant increase in the coloring, due to the increase of the RCR used. Tests of resistance to compression strength indicated a significant increase in the results as there was an increase in the substitution content of the sand by RCR. In the flexural tensile strength was no significant influence for contents of up to 50%. Therefore, the RCR showed potential as a pigmentation product and can contribute to the increase in compressive strength in Portland cement-based matrices.


1976 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 68-82 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ram S. Ghosh

A method is described for proportioning fly ash concretes to produce similar compressive strengths as normal Portland cement concrete at 3, 7, 28, and 90 days. The method is primarily based on the Abrams' law relating compressive strength and water–cement ratio. Curves are also presented, for estimating the most economical fly ash to cement ratio for a particular strength and cost of fly ash.


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