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From construction to rehabilitation

HYDRATION RATE AND COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH OF METAKAOLIN-CEMENT

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BLENDED MORTARS CURED AT DIFFERENT TEMPERATURES

Mahfoud TAHLAITI, Stphanie BONNET and Pierre MOUNANGA

LUNAM Universit, Universit de Nantes IUT Saint-Nazaire, GeM,

CNRS UMR 6183, Research Institute in Civil Engineering and Mechanics, France

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31 May and 1 June 2012, Lisbon, Portugal

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Outline

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1. Introduction

2. Experimental program
3. Results

4. Conclusions

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Introduction

One solution:
Cement substitution by
mineral additions
during concrete mixing

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High reactivity

Metakaolin

Metakaolin
silica fume,
Slag

Cement is a key
parameter to reduce CO2
emissions

Production of 1 ton of clinker

releases around 810 kg of CO2

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different from other pozzolanic materials

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Whats influence of curing temperature on hydration and

compressive strength of metakaolin-cement blended mortar?

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Experimental program

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Materails: Metakaolin -cement (CEMI) blended mortars (E/L=0,55; S/L=3)

Metakaolin substitution: 5, 15 and 25% by weight of Portland cement
Names of mortars: MK0 (reference), MK5, MK15 and MK25
Curing conditions: 10, 15,20, 30 and 40C
Compression strength

Demoulding at 24 h

Specimen: 4x4x16cm3

Curing at different
temperature
10,20 and 40C

Compression test at
3,7,14,28, 75 and 90 days
6 specimen for each test

Isothermal calorimetry

4 min after casting

Specimen: 4g

Curing at different
temperature
10, 15, 20, 30 and 40C

Duration of test : 50 h
2 specimen for each test

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Results

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Hydration flow versus age by adiabatic calorimetry at different temperature

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Peak time of maximal heat hydration flow of different

mortars

The incorporation of cement with 5%

and 25% of MK reduce the hydration
peak age of 2 h and 5 h respectively
compared to the reference mortar
(MK0).

At higher temperatures (20 and

40 C), the peaks became narrower
and the reduction in the peak age
decreased.

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From 28 days, the mortars containing MK exhibited

higher strength.

At early age (3, 7 and 14 days), the incorporation of MK reduced the

compressive strength compared to the reference mortar MK0.

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The optimal replacement rate was 15% of MK.

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From 28 days, the mortars containing MK exhibited

higher strength.

At early age (3, 7 and 14 days), the incorporation of MK reduced the

compressive strength compared to the reference mortar MK0.
The optimal replacement rate was 25% of MK.

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From 7 days, the mortars containing MK exhibited

higher strength.

At early age (3 days), the incorporation of MK reduced the compressive

strength compared to the reference mortar MK0.

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The optimal rate at 20C was 25%

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Conclusion

At early age

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At low temperature: the incorporation of MK affects the mechanical strength

At high temperature: the incorporation of MK reduces the loss of strength
(acceleration of hydration process)
Correlation with hydration: The increase in cumulative heat and hydration rate
correspond to the augmentation in
strength.
At the medium and long term
For all temperatures the incorporation of MK increases the compression strength.
The maximal resistances were observed for medium and low temperatures
At high temperature: The strength increase of mortars was very low after 28 days
Effect of MK rate

At all temperatures, the increase of the MK rate improve the binder activity. The
optimum MK content is detected from the compressive strength results. It
corresponded about 15%