scholarly journals Mechanical Activation of Granulated Copper Slag and Its Influence on Hydration Heat and Compressive Strength of Blended Cement

Materials ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 12 (5) ◽  
pp. 772 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yan Feng ◽  
Jakob Kero ◽  
Qixing Yang ◽  
Qiusong Chen ◽  
Fredrik Engström ◽  
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Mechanical activation of granulated copper slag (GCS) is carried out in the present study for the purposes of enhancing pozzolanic activity for the GCS. A vibration mill mills the GCS for 1, 2, and 3 h to produce samples with specific surface area of 0.67, 1.03 and 1.37 m2/g, respectively. The samples are used to replace 30% cement (PC) to get 3 PC-GCS binders. The hydration heat and compressive strength are measured for the binders and derivative thermogravimetric /thermogravimetric analysis (DTG/TGA), Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR), and scanning electron microscopy (SEM) are used to characterize the paste samples. It is shown that cumulative heat and compressive strength at different ages of hydration and curing, respectively, are higher for the binders blending the GCS milled for a longer time. The compressive strength after 90 d of curing for the binder with the longest milling time reaches 35.7 MPa, which is higher than the strength of other binders and close to the strength value of 39.3 MPa obtained by the PC pastes. The percentage of fixed lime by the binder pastes at 28 days is correlated with the degree of pozzolanic reaction and strength development. The percentage is higher for the binder blending the GCS with longer milling time and higher specific surface area. The pastes with binders blending the GCS of specific surface area of 0.67 and 1.37 m2/g fix lime of 15.20 and 21.15%, respectively. These results together with results from X-ray diffraction (XRD), FTIR, and SEM investigations demonstrate that the mechanical activation via vibratory milling is an effective method to enhance the pozzolanic activity and the extent for cement substitution by the GCS as a suitable supplementary cementitious material (SCM).

1986 ◽  
Vol 86 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. C. Joshi ◽  
B. K. Marsh

ABSTRACTThis paper gives physical and chemical properties of some Canadian fly ashes. Specific surface area, magnetic fraction, water soluble fraction and fraction finer than 45 μm were determined as part of the physical tests. Thermo-gravimetric analyses (TGA) in oxygen and nitrogen were conducted on raw ash samples. The change of pH with time in suspensions of the different ashes in water was also determined. Pozzolanic activity of the ashes with lime for all the ashes was evaluated to measure ash reactivity.The ash activity seems to be related to fineness of the ash measured by the Blaine air permeability method, but not to the fineness measured by nitrogen sorption. Generally the greater the specific surface area, the higher the reactivity of the ash. The correlation was, however, not strong and no other physical or chemical parameter measured in this investigation seems to be related to pozzolanic activity.The results of pH and TGA tests indicated that the ashes differ in many respects from each other. The TGA data suggest that loss on-ignition in many of the ashes is not entirely due to the presence of unburned carbon. Specific surface area determined by various methods seems to provide different values. No characterization parameter was found that was uniquely related to coal type.


2008 ◽  
Vol 587-588 ◽  
pp. 468-472
Author(s):  
J.M. González ◽  
José A. Rodríguez ◽  
Enrique J. Herrera

Nickel powder was dry-milled using a high-energy disc-oscillating mill. The average particle size increases and the specific surface area diminishes with milling time. Crystallite size decreases and microstrains increase, under the same conditions, as shown by X-ray analysis. At 120 min milling time, the crystallite size has a value of 17 nm, i.e., a nanostructured powder, with a perturbed lattice, is obtained. The above results have been compared with published data about the effects of milling on a ceramic powder. There is, in both cases, a general agreement concerning the changes produced in crystallite size. Nevertheless, opposite results are reached regarding particle size and specific surface area.


2014 ◽  
Vol 897 ◽  
pp. 135-138 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eva Navrátilová ◽  
Pavla Rovnaníková

The article deals with the assessment of three brick powders. Their properties are evaluated on the basis of their pozzolanic activity, specific surface area and amorphous area. The brick powders were used in amounts of 20 and 40% as a substitute for binder in lime mortars. The influence of the powders on the properties of the modified plasters in a hardened state was evaluated via the determination of strength characteristics. It was found that not all brick powders are suitable for use in modified lime mortars.


2010 ◽  
Vol 168-170 ◽  
pp. 2195-2199 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hong Zhu Quan ◽  
Hideo Kasami

In order to make clear of the effects of the change in fineness of fly ash on air-entrained concrete, 2 series of laboratory experiments were carried out using 6 kinds fly ash with the specific surface area in the range from 2500 to 4400cm2/g. The test results indicated higher slump and lower air-entraining content and higher dosage of air-entraining agent for fly ash with higher specific surface area. Compressive strength was found to increase with the increases of specific surface area of fly ash, while drying shrinkage and carbonation were found to show different tendency with change in fineness of fly ash.


2020 ◽  
Vol 29 ◽  
pp. 2633366X2092652 ◽  
Author(s):  
Haiyan Li ◽  
Xianping Wang ◽  
Xuemao Guan ◽  
Dinghua Zou

In this study, LiAl-layered double hydroxides Lithium aluminum hydrotalcite (LiAl-LDH) with different specific surface area were prepared by the separate nucleation and aging steps (SNAS) method and then were employed to prepare calcium sulfoaluminate cement-based grouting material (CBGM) paste. The influence of LiAl-LDH slurries on fresh and hardened properties of the CBGM paste was investigated in terms of fluidity, stability, setting time, and compressive strength. Additionally, the hydration process and hydration products of the CBGM paste were characterized by hydration heat, X-ray diffraction, differential thermal analysis–thermogravimetry, and Fourier transform infrared analyses. The acquired results illustrated that LiAl-LDH with larger specific surface area led to a faster hydration rate at early age, a lower fluidity, a shorter setting time, and a higher stability. Furthermore, due to the crystal nucleation effect, the addition of LiAl-LDH slurries did not cause a new phase to form but changed the morphology and increased the amount of hydration products, yielding higher compressive strength.


Coatings ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (8) ◽  
pp. 902
Author(s):  
Feng Wu ◽  
Hui Li ◽  
Kang Yang

Coal-gasification slag (CGS) was subjected to mechanical grinding by three different methods. We studied the effects of mechanical activation on various physical and chemical characteristics of the CGS, including particle-size distribution, specific surface area, mineral composition, degree of crystallinity, particle morphology, chemical bonding, surface activity and binding energy, anionic-polymerization degree and hydration properties. The results show that there are different effects on CGS characteristics depending on the type of activation applied. Mechanical activation also can increase the specific surface area and the dissolution rates of activated SiO2 and Al2O3, and the major elements (O, Si, Al, Ca) in CGS, whereas the degree of crystallinity and of polymerization of [SiO4] and [AlO6] are reduced by mechanical activation. We also found that the effects of different mechanical-activation methods on the compressive strength and activity were similar and could accelerate the hydration process.


2021 ◽  
Vol 3 (4) ◽  
pp. 1-1
Author(s):  
Omar Alelweet ◽  
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Sara Pavia ◽  
Zehao Lei ◽  
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This paper investigates the composition, properties and reactivity of a red mud waste generated in Saudi Arabia with a view to find alternative materials to replace construction binders of high environmental impact. The phase transformation triggered by the sintering of the RM up to 1000°C is determined with thermal and X-Ray Diffraction analyses. Reactivity is investigated with chemical and physical methods including the Chapelle test, setting times, mechanical index and microscopy. The RM is clearly pozzolanic, and its activity is mainly due to the reaction of feldespathoids and the formation of zeolitic and feldspathoid-based hydrates. The positive effects of the thermal treatment are seen below 750°C, and include the loss of water in the zeolite/feldespathoids, and the destruction of the crystal structures of the clay minerals inherited form the parent bauxite. The negative effects of the thermal treatment are evidenced over 750°C, with a decrease in specific surface area, devitrification and crystal formation, whereby the active transition aluminas and the fedespathoids/zeolites (mainly cancrinite) transform into nepheline, tricalcium aluminate (C3A) and gehlenite. Despite the occurrence of nepheline, C3A and gehlenite in the RM sintered at 1000°C, the formation of pozzolanic hydrates that cause setting and strength development are greater at lower temperature. The optimum thermal treatment that enhances pozzolanic activity lies at c.400°C, as evidenced by the highest lime combination, the greatest mechanical index and the fastest set. The RM consists of gibbsite and boehmite, inherited from the bauxite, and cancrinite, chantalite and sodalite formed during the Bayer process. Feldespathoids have formed, instead of zeolites, due to the available silica and the high alkali content of the RM. The quick lime -CaO -, added twice during the refining process, has transformed the original goethite into hematite, and produced cancrinite. The Saudi RM has high SiO2 and high alkalinity, and an abundant specific surface area available for reaction. The chloride and carbon contents are low, and no environmental toxicity is inferred from its chemistry.


2021 ◽  
Vol 1036 ◽  
pp. 386-394
Author(s):  
Fu Xing Cheng ◽  
Yong Liu ◽  
Ji Xiao ◽  
Xiao Xu Deng ◽  
Hai Long Wang

To explore the effect of mechanical activation on the particle size distribution of the composite admixture a self-designed test jet mill is used. We have studied the effects of different specific surface areas of composite admixtures on the workability, mechanical properties and durability of concrete and combined X-ray diffraction (XRD) with scanning electron microscopy (SEM) to analyze the mechanism of concrete performance improvement. Results showed that, mechanical activation can significantly increase the content of particles below 3 um; appropriate increase in the specific surface area of composite admixture is conducive to improving the performance of concrete; As the specific surface area increases, the hydration activity of the composite admixture increases first and then tends to be stable; during the hydration process, more thin-plate Ca(OH)2 is converted into needle-shaped AFt, which improves the cement-based material and thereby improving the macro mechanical properties and durability.


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