Exploring Tea Polyphenols as a Performance Enhancer for Cement Mortars
Publication: Journal of Materials in Civil Engineering
Volume 36, Issue 12
Abstract
This study draws inspiration from the chelating abilities of dopamine and tannic acids with in cement-based materials and explores the potential of green tea water (GTW) with tea polyphenols (TP) as the major soluble substance as a natural source of polyphenols available in people’s daily lives. Hydration kinetics analysis reveals that GTW has both retarding and accelerating effects on cement hydration, with the latter being more prominent at lower concentrations. Properly adding GTW to cement can increase the compressive strengths of mortars by up to 16.7% at 3d, 12.2% at 7d, and 18.2% at 28d compared to the blank mortar. The microstructure of the optimal mortar shows grape-cluster-like nanoparticles that originate from the TP∼Ca intermediates that act as seeds for more hydration products. This effect is confirmed by using analytically pure TP to analyze its influence on the compressive strength of mortar.
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Data Availability Statement
Some or all data, models, or code that support the findings of this study are available from the corresponding author upon reasonable request.
Acknowledgments
This work was funded by the Outstanding Youth Project of Natural Science Research in Universities of Anhui Province (23AH030043), National Natural Science Foundation of China (52008003).
Author contributions: Peiyuan Chen: Methodology, Investigation, Writing–Original draft preparation. Shangkun Li: Methodology, Investigation, Supervision. Yonghui Wang: Investigation, Writing–Original draft preparation. Yi Fang: Investigation. Xiuping Hu: Investigation. Jialai Wang: Conceptualization, Writing–Reviewing and Editing, Supervision.
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Journal of Materials in Civil Engineering
Volume 36 • Issue 12 • December 2024
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Received: Dec 28, 2023
Accepted: Apr 30, 2024
Published online: Sep 25, 2024
Published in print: Dec 1, 2024
Discussion open until: Feb 25, 2025
ASCE Technical Topics:
- Acids
- Building materials
- Cement
- Chemical compounds
- Chemical elements
- Chemicals
- Chemistry
- Compressive strength
- Concrete
- Engineering materials (by type)
- Engineering mechanics
- Environmental engineering
- Heavy metals
- Hydration
- Laminating
- Material mechanics
- Material properties
- Materials engineering
- Materials processing
- Mortars
- Pollutants
- Strength of materials
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