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Influence of superplasticizer family on the durability characteristics of fly ash incorporated cement concrete

Publication Type : Journal Article

Publisher : Construction and Building Materials

Source : Construction and Building Materials, Elsevier Ltd, Volume 204, p.864-874 (2019)

Url : https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85061582693&doi=10.1016%2fj.conbuildmat.2019.01.171&partnerID=40&md5=3f2af996604bd432914bd743ee34f9ed

Keywords : Acid attack, Acid resistance, calcite, calcium carbonate, Chloride penetration, Chlorine compounds, Concretes, Durability, Fly ash, Portland cement, Sorptivity, Sulfur compounds, Sulphate attack, Superplasticizers, Testing

Campus : Coimbatore

School : School of Engineering

Department : Civil

Year : 2019

Abstract : Nowadays, researchers are focusing on developing more durable cementitious matrices. Major durability problems are associated with sulphate attack, acid attack, chloride penetration etc. The important method to improve the durability characteristics of concrete is to reduce the permeability of concrete by giving good compaction. Superplasticizer addition is one of the methods to improve the workability and thereby reducing the porosity. A large amount of CO 2 is emitted into the atmosphere from the cement plants during the calcination of CaCO 3 and also through the burning of fuel in the kiln. The environmental pollution can be reduced by replacing the cement with the pozzolanic materials like fly ash. Portland pozzolana cement (PPC) is nowadays considered as a sustainable substitute of ordinary portland cement (OPC). The combined influence of pozzolanic and superplasticizer from four different families on the durability properties of concrete and mortar is studied is in this work by conducting laboratory tests like the sorptivity test, acid resistance test, RCPT test and sulphate resistance tests. In this study sorptivity value of the superplasticized mixes are found to be less than that of control specimen without superplasticizer. In all durability related aspects, the mixes with PCE based superplasticizer showed better performance than the control mix and that of mixes with other families of superplasticizer. Improvement in durability characteristics is observed for the mixes containing commercially available PPC compared to the mixes prepared with site blended PPC (ie OPC + 25% FA). © 2019 Elsevier Ltd

Cite this Research Publication : Dhanya Sathyan and Dr. Anand K. B., “Influence of Superplasticizer Family on the Durability Characteristics of Fly Ash Incorporated Cement Concrete”, Construction and Building Materials, vol. 204, pp. 864-874, 2019.

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