Interactions between Organic Chelation Agents and Ions in Seawater for Accelerating Self-Healing of Cracks in Cement Paste
Publication: Journal of Materials in Civil Engineering
Volume 33, Issue 4
Abstract
To improve the durability of cracked concrete structures in a marine environment by self-healing of cracks, the efficiency and speed of self-healing need to be increased. In this study, the interactions between organic chelation agents, i.e., tetrasodium ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid (EDTA-4Na), triethanolamine (TEA), and sodium hexametaphosphate (SHMP), and ions in seawater for accelerating crack self-healing were investigated. After self-healing for 1 day, the closure ratio of cracks of an initial width of increased from 5% to 80%, 65%, and 90% when 1.5% (by weight of cement) EDTA-4Na, SHMP, and TEA were admixed, respectively. However, the distribution of self-healing products in surface cracks of specimens with organic chelation agents was nonuniform in the early stages of healing, resulting in the large scatter—in terms of the standard deviation and range—of the values of the crack closure ratio. As the self-healing products gradually formed and accumulated in surface cracks, the standard deviation and range gradually decreased. Furthermore, in specimens with 1.5% triethanolamine, after seawater immersion for 1 day, a thin about -thick layer of formed at the crack mouths. During self-healing for 28 days, this thin layer extended inward up to a depth of 3 mm. To investigate the accelerator mechanism, the mineralogy of the self-healing products was characterized. When EDTA-4Na and SHMP were used, the main minerals were portlandite, brucite, aragonite, and calcite, while there was no portlandite when TEA was used.
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Acknowledgments
The financial support of the Ministry of Science and Technology of the People’s Republic of China National Key R&D Program of China (No. 2017YFB0309904), the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Nos. 51602050 and 51872097), Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities (No. 2018MS03), Open Fund Project of State Key Laboratory of Silicate Materials for Architectures (Wuhan University of Technology) (No. YSJJ2020-09), and Key Laboratory of Advanced Civil Engineering Materials of Ministry of Education (Tongji University) (No. 202005) are greatly appreciated.
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