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Influence of Curing Temperature on Hydration Kinetics of Blended Cementitious Mortar Subjected to Chloride Exposure

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Abstract

This research evaluates the hydration kinetics of micron- and submicron-sized fly ash blended cementitious mortar exposed to four different curing temperature conditions (i.e., −4°C, 0°C, 27°C, and 60°C) by quantifying the chief hydration phases, including portlandite (CH) and water linking to hydration products (WH) such as C-S-H, AFt, AFm, C-A-S-H (WH) through Thermogravimetric-derivative thermogravimetric (TG-DTG) analysis. The study also portrays associated quantitative variation in hydrated phase composition due to the deleterious action of chloride ion (Cl) and Friedel’s salt (Fs, Ca2Al(OH)6(Cl, OH)·2H2O) formation at the characteristic temperature boundary of 230–380°C. The hydration products and chloride-induced phases coupling to functional groups were qualitatively evaluated by means of the Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR) technique. Binary and ternary blended mixes proportioned using the modified Andreasen and Andersen model outperformed the control mix at ambient (27°C) as well as at high-temperature (60°C) curing and exhibited contrasting behavior at freezing (0°C) and subzero (−4°C) curing conditions, regardless of curing ages. Quantified WH% and CH% exhibited enhanced hydration kinetics in multiblended cementitious mixes cured at 27°C (WH: 10–15 %, and CH: 4–9 %) and 60°C (WH: 11–14.5 % and CH: 11–4.5 %), the same showed impeded reactivity when cured at −4°C (WH: 6.5–9 %, and CH: 4–8 %), and 0°C (WH: 7–9.5 % and CH: 4–8.5 %). FTIR spectra revealed a shift in the major Si-O-T band toward a higher wavenumber for the ternary blended mix at ambient and high-temperature curing conditions. Further, the concentration of total chloride (Cl) content is found to be extremely high at the specimen surface for all mixes under subzero curing temperature conditions, i.e., in the range of 0.95–1.38 %. The rate of formation of Fs (Ca2Al(OH)6(Cl, OH)·2H2O) concerning curing temperature conditions is seen to be in the order of −4°C < 0°C < 27°C < 60°C.

Author Information

Arun, R
Department of Civil Engineering, National Institute of Technology Karnataka Surathkal, Mangaluru, Karnataka, India
Snehal, K
Department of Civil Engineering, Motilal Nehru National Institute of Technology Allahabad, Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh, India
Sarokar, Kunal K.
Department of Civil Engineering, National Institute of Technology Karnataka Surathkal, Mangaluru, Karnataka, India
Das, Bibhuti B.
Department of Civil Engineering, National Institute of Technology Karnataka, Mangaluru, Karnataka, India
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Stock #: JTE20240352
ISSN: 0090-3973
DOI: 10.1520/JTE20240352