Properties of Natural Hydraulic Lime Prepared from Calcite Tailings
Publication: Journal of Materials in Civil Engineering
Volume 35, Issue 2
Abstract
Considering emissions during production and re-mineralization during hardening, natural hydraulic lime (NHL) has been deemed an ideal cementitious material based on cycling. However, the preparation of NHL has rarely been reported. In this study, NHL clinker was prepared by calcining calcite tailings, and NHL was obtained by digesting the clinker. The results showed that the performance of the prepared NHL when calcining the calcite tailings at 1,200°C for 1 h and digesting the clinker at and RH (relative humidity) for 8 days met the requirements of NHL5 standard lime mortar. Furthermore, carbonation of the prepared NHL5 was studied, showing that the pore size of the hardened NHL5 mortar was refined during carbonation, and its compressive strength also improved. The prepared NHL5 could be an environmentally friendly cementitious material owing to its utilization of waste, relatively lower energy consumption, and higher recycling rate.
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Data Availability Statement
All data included in this study are available upon request by contact with the corresponding author.
Acknowledgments
This work was supported by the Sichuan Science and Technology Program (No. 2019ZDZX0024). We thank LetPub (www.letpub.com) for its linguistic assistance during the preparation of this manuscript.
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Volume 35 • Issue 2 • February 2023
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Received: Nov 17, 2021
Accepted: May 16, 2022
Published online: Nov 26, 2022
Published in print: Feb 1, 2023
Discussion open until: Apr 26, 2023
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