Studies on delayed ettringite formation in early-age, heat-cured mortars: I. Expansion measurements, changes in dynamic modulus of elasticity, and weight gains
Studies on delayed ettringite formation in early-age, heat-cured mortars: I. Expansion measurements, changes in dynamic modulus of elasticity, and weight gains
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早期热固化砂浆中钙矾石延迟形成的研究:I. 膨胀测量、动态弹性模量的变化和重量增加
DOI:
10.1016/s0008-8846(02)00862-1
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发表时间:
2002
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S. Diamond
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作者:
Zhaozhou Zhang;J. Olek;S. Diamond
Mortars were prepared from laboratory cements blended from a set of six representative ground clinkers and Terra Alba gypsum. The addition of gypsum was such that cements containing 1% SO3less than the optimum SO3content, the optimum SO3content, and 1% greater than the optimum SO3content were produced. Mortar bars and mortar cubes containing each of these cements were exposed to continuous room temperature (23 °C) curing, or to early-age curing cycles involving maximum temperatures of 55 and 85 °C, followed by long-term exposure at 100% RH over water, but not immersed in water. Measurements of expansion, dynamic elastic modulus, and weight gain were recorded at intervals of up to 900 days. Severe cracking and prominent delayed ettringite formation (DEF)-induced expansions were observed in 85 °C cured mortar bars derived from four of the six “oversulfated” cements. Much smaller expansions were observed in mortar bars from two cements with optimum SO3content cements also cured at 85 °C. No expansion or other visible indication of distress was observed for any of the 55 °C or continuously room-temperature-cured mortars. The dynamic elastic modulus increased progressively on prolonged exposure for the unaffected mortar bars, but it decreased precipitously after the onset of expansion in affected mortar bars. Significant weight increases also accompanied the processes of expansion. Mortars that showed severe cracking and deterioration when exposed as mortar bars suffered almost no visible damage when exposed as cubes.