Effect of Cement Content on Properties of Cementitious Systems Containing High-Range Water-Reducing Admixture
Publication: Journal of Materials in Civil Engineering
Volume 29, Issue 8
Abstract
The effect of cement tricalcium aluminate () content on the properties of cement paste, mortar, and concrete mixtures containing high-range water-reducing (HRWR) admixture was investigated. Three commercial Type I cements prepared with the same raw material and same gypsum rock interground with clinker, but with different contents (by changing mixture proportions), were used. The fresh state, rheological properties, and compressive strength of the mixtures were studied. Moreover, X-ray diffraction (XRD) patterns of 6-h-age paste mixtures from each cement were obtained. By reducing the content of the cements, the fresh state, rheological, and consistency retention properties of the mixtures improved; however, the strength of the mixtures at early ages decreased. The difference between strength of the mixtures closed at later ages. The XRD analysis of the pastes revealed the formation of more ettringite in the paste prepared from high content cement.
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Acknowledgments
The authors would like to thank Oyak Cement plant for their kind assistance in providing the cement and determining the chemical composition of the cement. The first author would like to acknowledge the scholarship provided by Turkish Cement Manufacturers Association during his Ph.D. study.
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Volume 29 • Issue 8 • August 2017
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Received: Aug 9, 2016
Accepted: Dec 29, 2016
Published ahead of print: Apr 2, 2017
Published online: Apr 3, 2017
Published in print: Aug 1, 2017
Discussion open until: Sep 3, 2017
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