Quantitative Study of Hydration of C3S and C2S in the Reactive Powder Concrete together with its Strength Development

Abstract:

The compressive strength development always go along with the microstructure development in concrete through the process of cement hydration. In the hydrated products of cement, calcium silicate hydrate (C-S-H) forms a network of nanoparticles so C-S-H gel is the main compound giving compressive strength of concrete. As we know that C-S-H gel produced by the reactions with water of two main minerals in cement such as Tricalcium Silicate () and Dicalcium Silicate (). In addition, the increase of C-S-H content in concrete due to the pozzolanic reaction of the pozzolan with calcium hydroxide (CH). With the aim of this research is quantitative study of hydration of and in the Reactive Powder Concrete (RPC) together with its compressive strength development, three concrete formulas were estimated in this study which made from three different types of cement ownership different mineral compositions content were tested on compressive strength and on heat flux emitted from hydration process by isothermal calorimetry. The purpose of measuring heat flux emitted from chemical reaction process in concrete is to verify the hydration kinetic model for portland cement containing the silica fume. Basing on this simulation program, the amount of C-S-H gel in concrete is calculated. The research results showed that the the C-S-H content formed in binder paste of RPC is proportional to compressive strength development. The (Ordinary Portland Cement) OPC with higher content have compressive strength development earlier.

• Periodical: Applied Mechanics and Materials (Volume 889)
• Pages: 294-303
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMM.889.294
• Online since: March 2019
• Authors: Quoc Si Bach
• Keywords: Blended Cement, C2S, C3S, Compressive Strength, C-S-H Gel, Reactive Powder Concrete

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