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Long-Term Performance of Blended Cement Paste Containing Fly Ash against Sodium Sulfate Attack
Fly ash, a supplementary cementitious material, is normally used in conjunction with portland cement to improve the durability properties of concrete in the field, such as sea-crossing bridges, high-speed railways, and mass concrete in dams. Currently, these concrete structures are frequently exposed to sulfate environments. The object of this paper is to investigate the relationship among content of calcium hydroxide (CH), formation of gypsum, and compressive strength, as well as the relationship among the formation of ettringite, pore structure, and expansion properties in blend cement paste at long-term sulfate attack, up to 1,110 days. Mercury intrusion porosimetry (MIP) and thermo gravimetric (TG) analysis were used to evaluate the pore structure and content of CH, respectively. The results show that there is a significant negative relationship between CH content and the coefficient of compressive strength during sulfate attack as more gypsum formation is contributed for the loss of strength. Compared to the reference sample, the addition of 20% and 40% fly ash decreased the CH content by 16.7% and 25.1% through the pozzolanic reaction, which reduced the formation of gypsum and prevented the decalcification of calcium silicate hydrate (C-S-H). Crystallization pressure, due to the formation of ettringite in a limited space, is discussed to explain the cracking of cement-based materials. Several harmful pores () were formed in the reference sample due to crystal pressure with the formation of ettringite, which caused the expansion and exacerbated the diffusion of sulfate ions. The pozzolanic reaction of fly ash also improved the pore structures and reduced the degree of supersaturation of ettringite by preventing the ingress of external sulfate ions.
Long-Term Performance of Blended Cement Paste Containing Fly Ash against Sodium Sulfate Attack
Fly ash, a supplementary cementitious material, is normally used in conjunction with portland cement to improve the durability properties of concrete in the field, such as sea-crossing bridges, high-speed railways, and mass concrete in dams. Currently, these concrete structures are frequently exposed to sulfate environments. The object of this paper is to investigate the relationship among content of calcium hydroxide (CH), formation of gypsum, and compressive strength, as well as the relationship among the formation of ettringite, pore structure, and expansion properties in blend cement paste at long-term sulfate attack, up to 1,110 days. Mercury intrusion porosimetry (MIP) and thermo gravimetric (TG) analysis were used to evaluate the pore structure and content of CH, respectively. The results show that there is a significant negative relationship between CH content and the coefficient of compressive strength during sulfate attack as more gypsum formation is contributed for the loss of strength. Compared to the reference sample, the addition of 20% and 40% fly ash decreased the CH content by 16.7% and 25.1% through the pozzolanic reaction, which reduced the formation of gypsum and prevented the decalcification of calcium silicate hydrate (C-S-H). Crystallization pressure, due to the formation of ettringite in a limited space, is discussed to explain the cracking of cement-based materials. Several harmful pores () were formed in the reference sample due to crystal pressure with the formation of ettringite, which caused the expansion and exacerbated the diffusion of sulfate ions. The pozzolanic reaction of fly ash also improved the pore structures and reduced the degree of supersaturation of ettringite by preventing the ingress of external sulfate ions.
Long-Term Performance of Blended Cement Paste Containing Fly Ash against Sodium Sulfate Attack
Liu, Kaiwei (author) / Sun, Daosheng (author) / Wang, Aiguo (author) / Zhang, Gaozhan (author) / Tang, Jinhui (author)
2018-09-12
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