Activity Evaluation of a Tailing in a Cementitious System

Autor: Ya Qing Fu, Bing Hao Li, Lian Zhen Xiao
Rok vydání: 2017
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Zdroj: Key Engineering Materials. 726:515-520
ISSN: 1662-9795
DOI: 10.4028/www.scientific.net/kem.726.515
Popis: Hydration activity of a tailing is evaluated by the hydration rate obtained from the electrical resistivity measurement and compressive strength in a cementitious hydration system as a mineral admixture. A plain paste and the pastes with tailing or fly ash by replacement of cement at water-binder ratio of 0.4 are prepared. The electrical resistivity of the paste samples was measured in 168h(7d) by a non-contact resistivity technique. Hydration activity of the tailing was also evaluated by measuring the compressive strength at the curing ages of 3d~90d to confirm the results from the electrical resistivity. It is found that the addition of a mineral admixture delays the occurrence of two peaks on the electrical resistivity differential curve and the delayed times are 3.32h and 6.10h for the sample with tailing, and 0.78h, 3.49h for the sample with fly ash. The rate values on the two peaks are decreased with incorporation of the tailing or fly ash. The activity evaluation results on the mineral admixtures from the resistivity measurement are consistent with the strength results before 7d. The resistivity as an activity index can provide a simple and fast way to evaluate mineral material activity at early ages. The effect of tailing and fly ash on compressive strength for a long term was also analyzed and the micro-structure of the pastes at 7d and 28d were observed by SEM.
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