Comparison of Effects of Sodium Bicarbonate and Sodium Carbonate on the Hydration and Properties of Portland Cement Paste
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Materials
2.2. Methods
3. Results
3.1. Influence of NaHCO3/Na2CO3 on the Setting Time of OPC Paste
3.2. Influence of NaHCO3/Na2CO3 on the Compressive Strength of OPC Paste
3.3. Hydration Heat
3.4. TG-DTA Results
3.5. XRD Results
3.6. SEM Results
4. Discussion
4.1. Influence of Na2CO3/NaHCO3 on the PH of OPC Paste
4.2. Influence of Na2CO3/NaHCO3 on the Introduced CO2
4.3. Influence of Na2CO3/NaHCO3 on the Formation of Ettringite and CaCO3
4.4. Influence of Na2CO3/NaHCO3 on the Enthalpies of the Reactions with C3S
5. Conclusions
- (1)
- The initial and final setting time of OPC paste decreased with the increase of either NaHCO3 or Na2CO3.
- (2)
- The addition of either NaHCO3 or Na2CO3 could increase the early age compressive strength (1 and 7 days) depending on the content added but they could decrease the compressive strength at later ages, such as 28 days, with the increase of content added.
- (3)
- As an accelerator, the optimum content of NaHCO3 and Na2CO3 were found to be in the same level as 1% of the weight of OPC. The addition 1% of either of the two accelerators could significantly shorten the setting time, increase the early age strength and did not have an obvious detrimental effect on the later age strength.
- (4)
- Further increase of NaHCO3 and Na2CO3 above 1% could decrease the compressive strength of OPC paste although the ettringite formation was accelerated and increased. This decay was mainly caused by the Na+ ions introduced and the Na+ could partly replace the Ca2+ in the C-S-H gel and cause the discontinuity of the C-S-H gel.
- (5)
- NaHCO3 was seen to be a better option as an accelerator compared to Na2CO3. The reaction between NaHCO3 and C3S was found to be much easier than the reaction between Na2CO3 and C3S. The same amount addition of NaHCO3 resulted a higher compressive strength at all ages compared to NaHCO3. Besides, NaHCO3 the introduced less Na+ and more CO2 in the cementitious system than the Na2CO3 when the same amount of the two were used.
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Fineness/% | Stability | Setting Time/min | Flexural Strength/MPa | Compressive Strength/MPa | |||
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Initial | Final | 3 days | 28 days | 3 days | 28 days | ||
1.5 | Qualified | 181 | 378 | 5.1 | 9.3 | 25.3 | 51.6 |
SiO2 | CaO | Al2O3 | Fe2O3 | MgO | Na2O | K2O | LOI |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
22.96 | 63.87 | 5.73 | 3.31 | 2.64 | 0.32 | 0.23 | 0.18 |
C3S | C2S | C3A | C4AF |
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54.5 | 19.23 | 8.36 | 10.14 |
Mix ID | OPC/% | Superplasticizer/% | NaHCO3/% | Na2CO3/% | W/C |
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1 | 100 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0.35 |
2 | 1 | - | |||
3 | 2 | - | |||
4 | 3 | - | |||
5 | 4 | - | |||
6 | - | 1 | |||
7 | - | 2 | |||
8 | - | 3 | |||
9 | - | 4 |
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Wang, Y.; He, F.; Wang, J.; Hu, Q. Comparison of Effects of Sodium Bicarbonate and Sodium Carbonate on the Hydration and Properties of Portland Cement Paste. Materials 2019, 12, 1033. https://doi.org/10.3390/ma12071033
Wang Y, He F, Wang J, Hu Q. Comparison of Effects of Sodium Bicarbonate and Sodium Carbonate on the Hydration and Properties of Portland Cement Paste. Materials. 2019; 12(7):1033. https://doi.org/10.3390/ma12071033
Chicago/Turabian StyleWang, Yuli, Fengxia He, Junjie Wang, and Qianku Hu. 2019. "Comparison of Effects of Sodium Bicarbonate and Sodium Carbonate on the Hydration and Properties of Portland Cement Paste" Materials 12, no. 7: 1033. https://doi.org/10.3390/ma12071033