Rheological characteristics of the binder for foam concrete with a complex of mineral modifiers

Abstract

The paper considers the effect of mineral additives on the rheological characteristics of a binder for foam concrete. The compositions in the study were divided into two groups: based on nanostructured binder (NB) and based on cement. For the compositions of the first group portland cement is proposed as a modifying additive,for the compositions of the second group NB and anhydrite were used as modifying additives. It has been shown that the introduction of cement into NB increases the viscosity due to an increase in the concentration of large-sized particles, while the combined use of nanostructured binder and anhydrite as modifiers of the cement system helps to reduce the viscosity of the cement mortar and increase its mobility, which reduces the amount of mixing water. From a technological point of view, this will make it possible to obtain materials with a rational pore structure by optimizing porosity processes.