Innovative Calcium Carbonate-Based Products to Repair Cracked Cement Mortars
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
- Ca(OAcAc)2 dissolved in water (CFW);
- Ca(OTHF)2 dissolved in ethanol (ALK1);
- Ca(OTHF)2 dissolved in 2-butanol (ALK2).
3. Results and Discussion
3.1. Retained Dry Matter of Consolidants
3.2. Visual Appearance
3.3. Colorimetry
3.4. Water Absorption
3.5. UPV Measurements and Consolidation Effect
3.6. Surface Hardness
4. Conclusions
Supplementary Materials
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Samples 1 | Dry Matter (kg/m2) |
---|---|
CFW_AP1 | 0.57 ± 0.08 |
ALK1_AP1 | 0.54 ± 0.08 |
ALK2_AP1 | 0.54 ± 0.07 |
CFW_AP2 | 1.37 ± 0.15 |
ALK1_AP2 | 0.63 ± 0.07 |
ALK2_AP2 | 0.65 ± 0.07 |
Samples 1 | CWAC | |
---|---|---|
Before Treatment | After Treatment | |
CFW_AP1 | 5.9 ± 0.6 | 5.9 ± 0.1 |
ALK1_AP1 | 4.6 ± 0.3 | 5.2 ± 0.5 |
ALK2_AP1 | 3.8 ± 0.2 | 3.8 ± 0.3 |
CFW_AP2 | 5.1 ± 0.4 | 4.2 ± 0.2 |
ALK1_AP2 | 5.3 ± 0.2 | 5.2 ± 0.3 |
ALK2_AP2 | 4.8 ± 0.1 | 4.9 ± 0.3 |
Samples 1 | UPV (m/s) | % | |
---|---|---|---|
Before Treatment | After Treatment | ||
NC-NT | 4134.0 ± 28.5 | – | |
CFW_AP1 | 4080.4 ± 56.4 | 4257.7 ± 33.1 | +4.3 |
ALK1_AP1 | 4171.2 ± 57.3 | 4243.9 ± 6.3 | +1.7 |
ALK2_AP1 | 4201.7 ± 96.3 | 4274.9 ± 54.4 | +1.7 |
CFW_AP2 | 4172.6 ± 53.1 | 4307.2 ± 48.9 | +3.2 |
ALK1_AP2 | 4120.7 ± 46.6 | 4307.9 ± 21.9 | +4.5 |
ALK2_AP2 | 4085.6 ± 43.8 | 4289.3 ± 41.4 | +5.0 |
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Zuena, M.; Pondelak, A.; Garbin, E.; Panizza, M.; Nodari, L.; Škapin, A.S.; Škrlep, L.; Artioli, G.; Tomasin, P. Innovative Calcium Carbonate-Based Products to Repair Cracked Cement Mortars. Materials 2022, 15, 4044. https://doi.org/10.3390/ma15124044
Zuena M, Pondelak A, Garbin E, Panizza M, Nodari L, Škapin AS, Škrlep L, Artioli G, Tomasin P. Innovative Calcium Carbonate-Based Products to Repair Cracked Cement Mortars. Materials. 2022; 15(12):4044. https://doi.org/10.3390/ma15124044
Chicago/Turabian StyleZuena, Martina, Andreja Pondelak, Enrico Garbin, Matteo Panizza, Luca Nodari, Andrijana Sever Škapin, Luka Škrlep, Gilberto Artioli, and Patrizia Tomasin. 2022. "Innovative Calcium Carbonate-Based Products to Repair Cracked Cement Mortars" Materials 15, no. 12: 4044. https://doi.org/10.3390/ma15124044