Light-weight aerated concrete (LAC) is produced by making LAC involves the addition of a gas-forming admixture like aluminium powder (AP) to a wet mortar mixture. In concrete during curing, AP will react with the calcium hydroxide in the mixture to form hydrogen. The amount of gas-forming is dependent on the mechanical properties requirements. The aim of the current work was to investigate the properties of aerated concrete (AC) containing 30% fly ash and various AP content, including dry density, porosity and modulus of elasticity, as well as strengths of test specimens. The results of this study showed that when AP content increased, the density of AC decreased, but its porosity increased. Whereas an increase in the amount of AP caused a decrease in both the compressive strength, tensile strength and the modulus of elasticity of ACspecimens. The investigation of newly modified AC through combination of local by-product in Vietnam would decrease the content of Portland cement was used and as well as reduce the amounts of ash and slag TPP as well as industrial waste thrown at a landfill. Therefore, assisting the thermoelectric power plants to be more environmentally friendly in the future.
This paper reports the results of a research study aimed at identifying the compositional features of fly ash (FA) TPP “Pha Lai” (Vietnam), silica fume SF-90 (SF90) and superplasticizer SilkRoad SR 5000F (SR5000) contents that influence the sulfate resistance of corrosion-resistant concrete. The effect of FA, SF90 and SR5000 on the strength of corrosion-resistant concrete is obtained quickly, high early-strength concrete. In details, the compressive strength at the age of 1 and 3 days are respectively 29.6% and 61.13% in comparison to 28 days period. The deformation of corrosion-resistant concrete prisms in 5% sodium sulfate solution after 28 days of testing were determined by Russian standard GOST P 56687-2015. Using the mathematical planning method for four factors and the Matlab computer programs was obtained the mathematical model, which was adequately described the influence ofthe water-binding ratio, FA, SF90 and SR5000 contents on the concrete deformation. It was also noted that the effect of FA content is more pronounced than the water-binding ratio and content SF90. In addition, the effect of SR5000 content on the deformation of concrete is negligible, so it was discarded.
The benefits of using waste materials as a partial replacement for cement in high performance concrete are also discussed. This paper presents the combined effects of bottom ash TPP “Vung Ang” and expanded polystyrene aggregate on different the properties of light-weight concrete. Twenty different concrete mixtures with a water to cement ratio of 0.4 and superplasticizer to cement ratio of 0.015 were used. On the one hand, the EPS was partially replaced with (0 ÷ 40)% by volume of concrete mixture. On the other hand, the fine aggregate was replaced with (0 ÷ 30)% by mass of BA TPP “Vung Ang”. The engineering properties, including workability, density and compressive strength of light-weight concrete were investigated at different curing times. The level of decrease in the strength depends upon the replacement level of EPS and BA. Specifically, the concrete containing 40% EPS and 30% BA at 28 days of age decrease in average density and strength were 43.2% and 26.4%, respectively, in comparison with the control concrete.
The paper presents the blast furnace slag properties at different grinding times by the dry grinding method. The process of fine grinding blast furnace slag is prepared at different times (10 minutes, 20 minutes, 30 minutes, 40 minutes). The results indicated that the main component in BFS is the amorphous structure defined in about 25÷35 degrees (with the appearance of Akermanite at 31.1, Calcite at 29.2 and Aragonite at 26.4). The results also showed that the compressive strength and activity index of blast furnace slag increased significantly after extending the grinding time from 0-40 minutes (corresponding to compressive strength from 51.2 ÷ 7 2.1 MPa at 28 days of age and activity index of blast furnace slag from 91.92% -129.44%). The fine grinding process shows that the particle size of blast furnace slag is significantly reduced. In addition, the paper also presents the effect of finely ground blast furnace slag in 40 minutes on foam concrete properties. Research results show that the use of finely crushed blast furnace slag by the mechanical grinding method to replace sand in foam concrete not only improves the mechanical properties such as compressive strength, flexural strength, the elastic modulus of foam concrete but also protect the environment, reduce product costs.
The present study evaluated the combined effects of organic-mineral additive based on a superplasticizer SR 5000F and the active mineral additive Fly Ash, Blast Furnace Slag and Silica Fume SF-90 on properties of foam concrete (FC). The calculation of mixture proportions of FC is applied in accordance with the absolute volume method. Besides, the compressive strength and flexural strength of foam concrete are determined by Russian standard GOST 10180-2012. The results from experiments show that flexural and compressive strength of the FC obtained respectively, from 3.25 to 5.08 MPa and from 13.91 to 26.87 MPa. The use of an organic-mineral additive in the mixture was led to increasing the compressive and flexural strength of foam concrete at the age of 28 days, respectively, from 8% to 93% and from 6% to 56%. The relationship between compressive strength and curing age, compressive and flexural strengths of the FC were also determined in this investigation. The results of this study demonstrated that the use of appropriate amounts of fly ash and blast furnace slag to partially replace natural sand could produce eco-friendly foam concrete, which has many positive environmental impacts.
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