Effect of Calcium Organic Additives on the Self-Healing of Concrete Microcracks in the Presence of a New Isolate Bacillus sp. BY1
Publication: Journal of Materials in Civil Engineering
Volume 31, Issue 10
Abstract
Calcium carbonate–based biominerals are considered self-healing materials in concrete. The morphology and mineralogy of biominerals depend highly on the self-healing efficiency of concrete cracks. This study examined the morphology and mineralogy of biominerals with a new isolate, Bacillus sp. BY1, and various organic calcium compounds (i.e., calcium formate, calcium acetate, and calcium lactate). In addition, compressive strength and crack self-healing efficiency were investigated under various other conditions. Biominerals formed in the presence of calcium formate and calcium lactate were mostly calcite (ca. 95% by weight) and contained more rhombohedral faces, whereas calcium acetate induced spherulite-shaped biominerals with a smaller fraction of calcite (ca. 61.5% by weight). With the addition of bacteria and organic calcium compounds, the compressive strengths decreased and increased, respectively; however, the loss of strength by the bacteria was compensated when both bacteria and organic calcium compounds were added together. Self-healing of cracks did not occur by the addition of bacteria alone and was more prominent when calcium lactate was used as a biomineral precursor.
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Acknowledgments
This work was supported by the Korea Environment Industry & Technology Institute through the Subsurface Environment Management Project (2018002450002) and partially by the Hankuk University of Foreign Studies Research Fund. The authors would like to thank the Institute of Engineering Research at Seoul National University for its technical assistance.
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Received: Apr 9, 2018
Accepted: Nov 30, 2018
Published online: Jul 26, 2019
Published in print: Oct 1, 2019
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