Compressive strength development and durability properties of high volume slag and slag-fly ash blended concretes containing nano-CaCO3

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Title: Compressive strength development and durability properties of high volume slag and slag-fly ash blended concretes containing nano-CaCO3
Authors: Anwar Hosan, Faiz Uddin Ahmed Shaikh
Source: Journal of Materials Research and Technology, Vol 10, Iss , Pp 1310-1322 (2021)
Publisher Information: Elsevier, 2021.
Publication Year: 2021
Collection: LCC:Mining engineering. Metallurgy
Subject Terms: High volume slag, High volume slag-fly ash blend, Nano calcium carbonate, Compressive strengths, Durability properties, Drying shrinkage, Mining engineering. Metallurgy, TN1-997
More Details: This paper presents the effect of nano-CaCO3 (NC) on the compressive strengths and durability properties of high volume slag (HVS) and high volume slag-fly ash (HVS-FA) blended concretes. The study examined the improvement in early and later age compressive strengths and durability properties such as sorptivity, volume of permeable voids, rapid chloride penetration and drying shrinkage of HVS concrete containing 69% blast furnace slag (BFS) and HVS-FA concrete containing combined BFS and fly ash (FA) content of 69% due to the addition of 1% NC. Results show that the addition of 1% NC improved the compressive strengths of HVS and HVS-FA concretes significantly by 43% and 28%, respectively at 3 days compared to the control HVS and HVS-FA concretes without NC and exceeded the compressive strengths of control OPC concrete at later ages. It is also found that 1% NC inclusion reduced the water sorptivity of HVS and HVS-FA concretes reasonably after 28 days of curing and reduction is greater after 90 days of curing exhibited comparable water sorptivity to OPC concrete. Significant improvement is also observed in reducing the volume of permeable voids and controlling the drying shrinkage strain at early age as well as later ages of both HVS and HVS-FA concretes due to 1% NC inclusion. Outstanding resistance against chloride ion penetration is also observed in HVS and HVS-FA concretes due to addition of 1% NC to the very low level of chloride ion penetration according to ASTM standard. SEM and EDS analysis revealed a denser microstructure of paste and interfacial transition zone (ITZ) around aggregates.
Document Type: article
File Description: electronic resource
Language: English
ISSN: 2238-7854
Relation: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2238785421000016; https://doaj.org/toc/2238-7854
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmrt.2021.01.001
Access URL: https://doaj.org/article/6c75f696250e42df8bedfe1c0c12e0b1
Accession Number: edsdoj.6c75f696250e42df8bedfe1c0c12e0b1
Database: Directory of Open Access Journals
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ISSN:22387854
DOI:10.1016/j.jmrt.2021.01.001
Published in:Journal of Materials Research and Technology
Language:English