Investigation on Roles of Packing Density and Water Film Thickness in Synergistic Effects of Slag and Silica Fume

Autor: Yunchuan Zhao, Xuming Dong, Zicun Zhou, Jiangfeng Long, Guoyun Lu, Honggang Lei
Rok vydání: 2022
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Zdroj: Materials; Volume 15; Issue 24; Pages: 8978
ISSN: 1996-1944
DOI: 10.3390/ma15248978
Popis: The ternary blended cement with finer slag and silica fume (SF) could improve the packing density (PD) through the filling effect. The excess water (water more than needed for filling into voids between the cement particles) can be released to improve the fresh properties and densify the microstructure which is beneficial for improving the hardened properties. To verify the hypothesis and reveal how and why (cement + slag + SF) the ternary blends could bring such advantages, the binder pastes incorporating slag and SF with various water-to-binder ratios were produced to determine the PD experimentally. To evaluate the optimum water demand (OWD) for maximum wet density, the influence of the dispersion state of the binder on PD was investigated using the wet packing density approach. The effect of PD of various binary and ternary binder systems on water film thickness (WFT), fluidity, setting time, and compressive strength development of cement paste was also investigated. The results show that the ternary blends could improve the PD and decrease the water film thickness (WFT). The enhanced PD and altered WFT are able to increase fluidity and compressive strength. The ternary blends could improve the compressive strengths by increasing PD and exerting nucleation and pozzolanic effects.
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