A study on the relationship between porosity of the cement paste with mineral additives and compressive strength of mortar based on this paste
- 13 June 2006
- journal article
- Published by Elsevier BV in Cement and Concrete Research
- Vol. 36 (9), 1740-1743
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cemconres.2004.07.007
Abstract
Mercury intrusion porosimetry study was carried out on ordinary Portland cement (OPC) pastes with 10% to 40% mineral additives, such as steel-making slag, granulated blast furnace slag and fly ash. For all samples, the porosity of paste and compressive strength of mortar based on this paste were determined at 3, 7, 28, 90 and 180 days. Relationship between the porosity and strength was investigated and some equations for the strength–porosity relationship were presented according to Balshin multiplicative model. Results show that mineral additives delayed process that micropore structure of OPC paste developed and strength development of sample with mineral additives was faster than that of OPC sample. Balshin equation fits the results of strength and porosity of all samples and there is a strongly quantitative relationship between strength and porosity. After being mixed with mineral additives, the intrinsic strength σ0 and power n both increased and the sequence of σ0 and n for different mineral additives was fly ash>steel-making slag>blast furnace slag.Keywords
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