The microstructure of 4-year-old hardened cement-fly ash paste
The microstructure of 4-year-old hardened cement-fly ash paste
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DOI:
10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2011.08.088
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发表时间:
2012-04
影响因子:
7.4
通讯作者:
Qiang Wang;Jingjing Feng;P. Yan
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作者:
Qiang Wang;Jingjing Feng;P. Yan
In this study, the microstructure of 4-year-old hardened cement-fly ash paste containing 50% fly ash has been investigated. 65.44% of Ca(OH)2produced by cement hydration is consumed by the pozzolanic reaction of fly ash in 4years and the Ca(OH)2content of the hardened cement-fly ash paste is only 3.15% at the age of 4years. Most of the small fly ash particles react heavily but many large fly ash particles remain almost unreacted. 72.7% of fly ash remains after 4years, which indicates that most of the fly ash takes physical effect during the hardening process of paste. Compared with cement paste, there is a relative more significant improvement of the pore structure of cement-fly ash paste due to the pozzolanic reaction of fly ash from 90days to 4years. The mean Ca/Si, Al/Si, and Ca/(Si+Al) atom ratios of the gel in the 4-year-old hardened cement-fly ash paste are 1.52, 0.33 and 1.15 respectively, which indicate that the gel has a lower Ca/Si atom ratio and is richer in Al content than that of Portland cement paste.