Low-Alite Portland Cement in Steam-Curing Condition: Long-Term Compressive Strength and Permeability
Publication: Journal of Materials in Civil Engineering
Volume 34, Issue 2
Abstract
Steam curing is a commonly used method to obtain cement products with high early strength. It is popularly employed to produce prefabricated units in factory. However, the long-term performance of steam-cured products is not as satisfactory as in situ casting samples cured at room temperature. In order to obtain comparable durability of steam-cured products, a low-alite portland cement (LAPC) is used to manufacture steam-cured materials. The results indicate that the later development of compressive strength is significantly promoted by steam curing to LAPC mortars, consistent to the decrease of specific water absorption, which is associated with the optimization of pore structure and notable improvement of hydration degree at late stage compared with ordinary portland cement (OPC). This work can provide a novel strategy to enhance long-term properties of steam-cured products.
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Acknowledgments
This work was supported by the National Key Research and Development Program of China (Project 2016YFB0303501), the State Key Laboratory of Solid Waste Reuse for Building Materials (SWR-2021-008), the State Key Laboratory of Silicate Materials for Architecture (Wuhan University of Technology) (SYSJJ2021-09), and the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 51802238).
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Received: Oct 19, 2020
Accepted: Jun 15, 2021
Published online: Nov 24, 2021
Published in print: Feb 1, 2022
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