Impact and Improvement of Crushed Tuff Sand on Sulfate Resistance of Cement Concrete at Low Temperature
Publication: Journal of Materials in Civil Engineering
Volume 30, Issue 10
Abstract
Experimental tests were conducted to study the thaumasite formation of sulfate attack (TSA) erosion resistance of cement concrete made with crushed tuff sand. Different specimens made with either crushed tuff sand or river sand were soaked in a mixed solution of sodium sulfate and magnesium sulfate at the temperature of to simulate its working environment, and electrical pulses were used to accelerate corrosive medium migration. Afterward, the compressive strength and erosion products of before- and after-corrosion sample specimens were comparatively analyzed. The results showed that the strength of concrete made with crushed tuff sand was higher than that made with river sand before corrosion. However, the difference in their strengths diminished when the specimens were exposed to sulfate and a pulsed electric field for 2 months. This means that the specimens made with crushed tuff sand suffered a greater loss of strength compared with those made with river sand. The amount of thaumasite was higher than that of ettringite in the specimens made with crushed tuff sand; for specimens made with river sand, the situation was just the opposite. The reason that the crushed tuff sand reduced the sulfate erosion resistance ability of concrete at low temperatures is discussed on the basis of the mineral composition of tuff rock powder, the porous structure of concrete, and the interfacial transition zone (ITZ) microstructure of concrete. It was found that incorporating a certain amount of barium hydroxide can improve the anti-sulfate erosion ability, and the best dosage is around 4%.
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Acknowledgments
The authors gratefully acknowledge the financial support from the National Natural Science Foundation of China (51569035), Zhejiang Province Natural Science Foundation (LY15E080014), and Ningbo Municipal Major Science and Technology Projects (2013C51004).
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Volume 30 • Issue 10 • October 2018
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Received: Sep 18, 2017
Accepted: Apr 10, 2018
Published online: Jul 26, 2018
Published in print: Oct 1, 2018
Discussion open until: Dec 26, 2018
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