EFFECTS OF FINENESS AND CONTENT OF PHOSPHORUS SLAG ON CEMENT HYDRATION, PERMEABILITY, PORE STRUCTURE AND FRACTAL DIMENSION OF CONCRETE

Lei Wang, Ruyi Luo, Wei Zhang, Minmin Jin and Shengwen Tang
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Lei Wang: College of Materials Science and Engineering, Xi’an University of Architecture and Technology, Xi’an, P. R. China†College of Urban Construction, Wuchang University of Technology, Wuhan, P. R. China‡State Key Laboratory of Green Building Materials, Beijing, P. R. China
Ruyi Luo: College of Materials Science and Engineering, Xi’an University of Architecture and Technology, Xi’an, P. R. China
Wei Zhang: College of Materials Science and Engineering, Xi’an University of Architecture and Technology, Xi’an, P. R. China
Minmin Jin: College of Materials Science and Engineering, Xi’an University of Architecture and Technology, Xi’an, P. R. China
Shengwen Tang: �State Key Laboratory of Water Resources and Hydropower Engineering Science, Wuhan University, Wuhan, P. R. China

FRACTALS (fractals), 2021, vol. 29, issue 02, 1-18

Abstract: The utilization of phosphorus slag (PHS) to replace the fly ash in the construction of hydraulic projects has attracted a growing attention in China. In this study, the influence of PHS fineness and content on cement hydration, mechanical strength, permeability as well as the pore structure and fractal dimension (Ds) of concrete have been discussed. The results indicate that the PHS addition retards the cement hydration and hence decreases the hydration heat within three days. The incorporation of PHS with a Blaine specific surface area of 505m2/kg could participate in the early pozzolanic reaction and consequently offsets the retarding effect to some extent. The incorporation of 20–40wt.% PHS declines the early strength of concrete, but this reduction effect on strength can be eliminated to some degrees by mechanically grinding the PHS. The compressive strengths of concrete added with PHS with a high fineness of 505m2/kg (abbreviated as PHS-H) are about 16.0–20.6% higher at three days and 8.9–11.0% higher at 180 days compared that of the control concrete. The contribution of PHS-H to the pore structure refinement is more significant than that of PHS with a low fineness of 302m2/kg (abbreviated as PHS-L) at various ages because PHS-H is of much higher reactivity and can consume more Ca(OH)2 than PHS-L which leads to a denser microstructure and a lower chloride diffusion coefficient (DRCM). The incorporation of PHS decreases the Ds at three days, whereas the concrete incorporated with PHS has much higher Ds than that of control one at late age. The DRCM value increases with increasing the porosity and the most probable aperture, while Ds has a more significant effect on DRCM than the porosity and the most probable aperture. The concrete added with 20wt.% PHS-H exhibits the highest Ds and the lowest DRCM value at long-term age among the five concrete mixtures in this work.

Keywords: Phosphorus Slag; Hydration; Permeability; Pore Structure; Fractal Dimension (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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