Experiment Research on Activated Cement

Abstract:

Activated cement with the characters of low water demand and high activity was made with Portland cement clinker and dehydrate-gypsum and liquid superplasticizer which were used as grinding additive in the grinding process. Three states of grinding effect exist with correspondence of different dosages of super-plasticizer: the optimal grinding aid dosage, the critical dosage, and the supercritical dosage. First, under the condition of the optimal grinding effect, the activated cement had the maximum strength with little dosage of super-plasticizer and small effect on the performance of activated cement; second, within the critical dosage, the strength of activated cement was similar to the common cement, more super-plasticizer were held and the performance of cement was obviously improved; third, within the supercritical dosage, the strength of activated cement was reduced, but it can accommodate much super-plasticizer, and had a remarkable influence on the performance of cement. The experiment also shows that different properties of low water demand activated cement can be made with admixture of different concentrations of super-plasticizer. Within the allowed limit, use more admixtures was in compile with green environmental protection concept, improve the durability of concrete, and resolve the problem of compatibility between common cement and super-plasticizer, and offered technical support in the produce of commercial concrete by directly use of Portland cement clinker.

• Periodical: Applied Mechanics and Materials (Volumes 152-154)
• Pages: 193-197
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMM.152-154.193
• Online since: January 2012
• Authors: Qing Zhang, He Ming Cheng, Jing Cao, Zhi Gang Song, Yue Gui
• Keywords: Activated Cement, Commercial Concrete, Grind, Super-Plasticizer

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