TY - JOUR
T1 - Mineralogical and microstructural response of hydrated cement blends to leaching
AU - Baldermann, Claudia
AU - Baldermann, Andre
AU - Furat, Orkun
AU - Krüger, Markus
AU - Nachtnebel, Manfred
AU - Schroettner, Hartmuth
AU - Juhart, Joachim
AU - Schmidt, Volker
AU - Tritthart, Josef
PY - 2019/12/30
Y1 - 2019/12/30
N2 - Recent advances in concrete technology have enabled the manufacturing of hydrated cements blended with high levels of supplementary cementitious materials (SCMs). These composites can exhibit mechanical and physical properties similar to ordinary Portland-based cements; yet their equivalent performance in “corrosive” environments has to be proven. In this paper, we describe mineralogical, microstructural and geochemical alteration patterns of hydrated cement pastes, despite adequate curing, containing 10 wt-% up to 70 wt-% replacement of Portland cement by SCMs, due to combined leaching and carbonation attack for 182 days. Such knowledge is highly relevant for assessing degradation features of steel-reinforced concrete in tunnels. The dissolution of portlandite, katoite and tobermorite as well as recrystallization of C-S-H caused the development of a leached layer around the specimen‘s surface. Calcite, vaterite and hydrotalcite precipitated within the altered zone, but no passivation effect due to clogging of pore space by these deposits was observed. The thickness of the altered layer, the amounts of portlandite dissolved and CaCO3 phases neo-formed, the decrease in the Ca/Si molar ratio of C-S-H and the increase in total porosity were highest in pure cement paste. All hydrated cements blended with different types and levels of SCMs (including metakaolin, silica fume, limestone, granulated slag, and their combinations) have behaved better than the pure cement paste, which demonstrates the equivalent performance of these blended mixes in weakly aggressive environments.
AB - Recent advances in concrete technology have enabled the manufacturing of hydrated cements blended with high levels of supplementary cementitious materials (SCMs). These composites can exhibit mechanical and physical properties similar to ordinary Portland-based cements; yet their equivalent performance in “corrosive” environments has to be proven. In this paper, we describe mineralogical, microstructural and geochemical alteration patterns of hydrated cement pastes, despite adequate curing, containing 10 wt-% up to 70 wt-% replacement of Portland cement by SCMs, due to combined leaching and carbonation attack for 182 days. Such knowledge is highly relevant for assessing degradation features of steel-reinforced concrete in tunnels. The dissolution of portlandite, katoite and tobermorite as well as recrystallization of C-S-H caused the development of a leached layer around the specimen‘s surface. Calcite, vaterite and hydrotalcite precipitated within the altered zone, but no passivation effect due to clogging of pore space by these deposits was observed. The thickness of the altered layer, the amounts of portlandite dissolved and CaCO3 phases neo-formed, the decrease in the Ca/Si molar ratio of C-S-H and the increase in total porosity were highest in pure cement paste. All hydrated cements blended with different types and levels of SCMs (including metakaolin, silica fume, limestone, granulated slag, and their combinations) have behaved better than the pure cement paste, which demonstrates the equivalent performance of these blended mixes in weakly aggressive environments.
KW - Blended cements
KW - C-S-H
KW - Carbonation
KW - Corrosion
KW - Dissolution
KW - Pore solution
KW - Porosity
KW - Supplementary cementitious materials
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85072208502&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2019.116902
DO - 10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2019.116902
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85072208502
SN - 0950-0618
VL - 2019
SP - 1
EP - 15
JO - Construction and Building Materials
JF - Construction and Building Materials
IS - 229
M1 - 116902
ER -