Different Chlorides Attack on the Hydration of Calcium Aluminate Cement at 5~40°C

Abstract

Calcium aluminate cement (CAC) has excellent resistance to seawater erosion, but the mechanism remains to be explored. Effects of NaCl and CaCl2 on the hydration of CAC at 5, 20 and 40°C were investigated in this paper by X-ray diffraction(XRD), thermal analyzer(TG-DSC), scanning electron microscopy(SEM), acoustic and electroacoustic spectrometer. Results show that the varieties of chlorides have great impacts on the chloride binding ability, mechanical properties and microstructure of cement pastes at different temperatures. At 5°C and 20°C, the formation of C2AH8 is suppressed by chloride attack. Though the addition of NaCl promotes the formation of CAH10, CaCl2 leads to a denser microstructure and the improvement in compressive strength. At 40°C, C2AH8 disappears by chloride attack, while C3AH6 and Friedel’s salt increase. Comparing with the attack of CaCl2, NaCl contributes to the formation of C3AH6. Therefore, it results in a the retraction in compressive strength, ascribing to a coarser structure. In addition, although NaCl is superior in chemical binding ability, CaCl2 has better physical adsorption ability which dominants the binding process, and thus leading to greater amount of bonded chloride than that with NaCl. This research provides the oretical basis for the application of CAC in marine environment.

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