Mechanical, Permeability, and Photocatalytic Properties of White Ultrahigh-Performance Concrete with Nano-
Publication: Journal of Materials in Civil Engineering
Volume 35, Issue 2
Abstract
White ultra-high performance concrete (WUHPC) was prepared with limestone powder (LP), silica fume (SF), and metakaolin (MK) to meet low carbon requirements. The influence of the mineral admixture on fluidity, strength, and whiteness of WUHPC was studied by orthogonal experiments and variance analysis. The effects of nano- (NT) on fluidity, strength, whiteness, impermeability, and the photocatalysis of WUHPC were also investigated. Results shown that the fluidity of WUHPC was decreased with increased concentration of NT. The compressive and flexural strength of WUHPC reached when the NT content was 1%. The whiteness of WUHPC increased and then decreased with increasing NT content. The water absorption of WUHPC continuously increased when the NT content exceeded 1%. The photocatalytic rate of WUHPC continuously increased to 18 times greater when NT increased from 3% to 10%.
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Acknowledgments
This work was supported by the Ph.D initial funding of Anhui Jianzhu University (Grant No. 2019QDZ15), the Natural Science Found Foundation of Anhui Province (Grant No. 2008085QE246) and Director Fund of Anhui Advanced Building Materials Engineering Laboratory (Grant No. JZCL012ZZ), the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 52172013), and the Key Research and Development Projects of Anhui Province (Grant No. 202004b11020033).
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Received: Sep 11, 2021
Accepted: May 11, 2022
Published online: Nov 24, 2022
Published in print: Feb 1, 2023
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