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Title: | Development of low absorption and high-resistant sodium acetate concrete for severe environmental conditions |
Authors: | Al-Kheetan, MJ Ghaffar, SH Madyan, OA Rahman, MM |
Keywords: | Sodium acetate;High resistant concrete;Extreme curing;Water absorption;Compressive strength |
Issue Date: | 26-Sep-2019 |
Publisher: | Elsevier |
Citation: | Construction and Building Materials, 2019, 230 (10), pp. 117057 - 117057 |
Abstract: | This research presents new insight on the performance of concrete when integrated with sodium acetateand cured under extremely harsh environmental conditions: freezing temperature of 25°C and hottemperature of 60°C. Mechanical properties, water absorption, microstructural analysis and interactionmechanism of concrete and sodium acetate were evaluated by conducting the compressive strength test,Initial Surface Absorption Test (ISAT), Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM) analysis and Fourier-transform Infrared Spectroscopy (FTIR) analysis. Despite the harsh curing conditions, results showedan enhancement of 64% in compressive strength when 4% (based on the weight of cement) sodium acet-ate is incorporated within concrete with w/c ratio of 0.32 and cured under temperature of 60°C. Also,water absorption was observed to decrease by more than 79% when 2% sodium acetate is added to con-crete with w/c ratio of 0.32. SEM and FTIR analyses revealed the formation, high distribution and strongbonding of sodium acetate crystals within the concrete’s micropores. |
URI: | http://bura.brunel.ac.uk/handle/2438/19264 |
DOI: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2019.117057 |
ISSN: | 0950-0618 |
Appears in Collections: | Dept of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Research Papers |
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