Experimental evidence in support of hollow shells in the microstructure of cement paste is presented. The experimental observations show that hollow shells are not artifacts caused by drying or particle pull-outs, but are actually an important mode in the hydration of cement.
Microstructure of the steel-cement paste interface in the presence of chloride
β Scribed by P.J.M. Monteiro; O.E. Gjorv; P.K. Mehta
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 1985
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 594 KB
- Volume
- 15
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0008-8846
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β¦ Synopsis
The interface between corroding steel and cement paste containing chloride, with and without condensed silica fume, was studied. For specimens containing only portland cement an interfacial film of large crystals of lime (CH) covered most of the steel surface. Even a 16% replacement of the portland cement with silica fume did not change this feature very much. However, only the specimens with silica fume developed corrosion.
This indicates that the pore solution probably contained a higher CI-/OHratio for a given total chloride content.
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